However sad, however mordant, however terrible, we must know it.

无论多么悲哀，多么尖刻，多么可怕，我们必须知道。

He is best known for his mordant surrealism.

他以尖刻幽默的超现实主义而闻名。

He was learned, copious, occasionally mordant in style; but grace had been denied to him.

他识博, 博多才, 有时风格刻薄;但恩典被他拒绝了。

His political opponents feared his mordant tongue, and even more his mordant pen.

他的政治对手害怕他那肮脏的舌头，更害怕他那谩骂的笔。

" I quite agree, " said Miss Lavish, who had several times tried to interrupt his mordant wit.

“我完全同意， ” 拉维什小姐说， 她曾多次试图打断他尖刻的机智。