| 单词 | penetrating |
| 释义 | penetrating (penɪtreɪtɪŋ ) 1. adjective A penetrating sound is loud and usually high-pitched. Mary heard the penetrating siren of an ambulance. Her voice was nasal and penetrating. Synonyms: sharp, harsh, piercing, carrying 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If someone gives you a penetrating look, it makes you think that they know what you are thinking. He gazed at me with a sharp, penetrating look that made my heart pound. ...dark penetrating eyes. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Someone who has a penetrating mind understands and recognizes things quickly and thoroughly. ...a thoughtful, penetrating mind. He never stopped asking penetrating questions. Collocations: penetrating analysis The opening chapter gives a sympathetic and penetrating analysis of the growth of a cultural nationalism which was swept aside by the separatist demands it evoked but could not appease. The Times Literary Supplement You guys get paid for this sort of penetrating analysis? Times, Sunday Times In reality, he was an iconoclast whose strength was in penetrating analysis of the assumptions on which some of our most important theories are based. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 刺耳的 Japanese: 甲高い |
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