Word · Frequency #22857
poignancy
辛酸；沉痛；令人动容
a quality that makes one feel deep sadness or pity; a state of deep sorrow or distress
- 1.
The quality of being poignant.
辛酸；尖锐；深刻
辛酸；尖锐；深刻；辛酸；强烈；深刻；辛辣
In use
The old letters added a quiet poignancy to the farewell.
There was a special poignancy in hearing her sing the song her mother loved.
The film captures the poignancy of childhood memories.
the poignancy of sth
表示“某事物的辛酸/深刻”，后接名词或名词短语。
The poignancy of his final words moved everyone to tears.
他最后话语的辛酸让每个人都落泪了。
with poignancy
用作状语，修饰动词，表示“辛酸地”。
She spoke with poignancy about her childhood memories.
她辛酸地讲述了自己的童年回忆。
full of poignancy
用作表语或后置定语，描述事物“充满辛酸”。
The film is full of poignancy and beauty.
这部电影充满了辛酸与美丽。
Common mistakes
The poignance of the story made me cry.The poignancy of the story made me cry.
拼写错误："poignancy"的正确拼写是-ancy，而非-ance。许多学习者受其他-ance名词影响而误拼。
The movie was very poignancy.The movie was very poignant.
词性混淆：poignancy是名词，不能用作表语形容词；此处应用形容词poignant。
Connections
Collocations
- the poignancy of the moment
- 那一刻的辛酸
- The silence added to the poignancy of the moment.沉默增添了那一刻的辛酸。
- add to the poignancy
- 增添辛酸
- The old photographs add to the poignancy of the story.这些旧照片增添了故事的辛酸感。
- a sense of poignancy
- 一种辛酸感
- She felt a sense of poignancy as she left her childhood home.离开童年的家时，她感到一阵辛酸。
- the poignancy of loss
- 失去之痛
- The poem captures the poignancy of loss.这首诗捕捉到了失去的辛酸。
- lose its poignancy
- 失去其动人之处
- Repeated viewings cause the film to lose its poignancy.反复观看使这部电影失去了它的动人之处。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 poignancy 联想成 point（尖刺）扎心：尖锐的刺痛感带来辛酸与沉痛，记住 pɔɪn 这个开头。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学评论、影评、正式写作 poignancy 是 poignant 的名词形式，通常用于书面语和正式场合，多出现在文学评论、影评等表达强烈感受的语境中，表示“辛酸、令人动容”。口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常用词与 poignancy 完全押韵。poignant 的开头读音 /pɔɪn/ 与它相同，但结尾不同，不押韵；buoyancy、annoyance 也含 /ɔɪ/ 音，但音节结构不同，不押韵。vacancy、pungency、consistency 的结尾拼写或发音相近，但重读元音不同，是易混的形近/音近词。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.