incisive

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈsaɪsɪv/
🔊/ɪnˈsaɪsɪv/
(approving)
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  1. showing clear thought and good understanding of what is important, and the ability to express this锐利的;透彻的
    • incisive comments/criticism/analysis深刻的评论/批评/分析
    • He had a clear, incisive mind.他头脑清醒而且敏锐。
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    • She is an incisive critic of the current education system.她对当前的教育体制提出了深刻的批评。
    • Their comedy is savage and incisive.他们的喜剧既野蛮又敏锐。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  2. showing somebody’s ability to take decisions and act with force果断的;当机立断的
    • an incisive performance果敢的表现
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2, Personal qualitiesc2
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘cutting, penetrating’): from medieval Latin incisivus, from Latin incidere ‘cut into’, from in- ‘into’ + caedere ‘to cut’.