The mockingbirds and the jays, engaged in their old feud for possession of the magnolia tree beneath her window, were bickering, the jays strident, acrimonious, the mockers sweet voiced and plaintive.

模仿鸟和啊鸟争夺她窗下一棵山茱萸又打了起来，在那里斗嘴，啊鸟声音尖锐而昂扬，模仿鸟则娇柔而凄婉。

I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair.

我想到外面去，在柔和暮色中向东朝公园走过去，但每次我起身告辞，都被卷入一阵吵闹刺耳争执中，结果就仿佛有绳子把我拉回到椅子上。

You may find the songs of insects strident or monotonous.

你可能觉得昆虫歌声刺耳而单调。

Mr Modi has revelled in his reputation as a strident Hindu nationalist.

莫迪是一名坚定印度主义者，长期以来他一直沉缅于由此给他带来荣誉中。

Emma began to laugh, a strident, piercing, continuous laugh; she had an attack of hysterics.

艾玛大笑起来。 笑得刺耳，哄动，持久：她神经病又发作了。

For Bai, being an ENTJ makes her assertive and strident in the workplace, according to the profile of the " Commander" personality on the website of 16 Personalities, one of the most popular MBTI testing sites in China.

根据中最受欢迎 MBTI 测试网站之一“16Personalities”网站上“指挥官”个人资料，对白来说， ENTJ 她在工作场合变得自信和强硬。

I was surprised, therefore, when, one morning in June, as I sat reading the British Medical Journal after breakfast, I heard a ring at the bell, followed by the high, somewhat strident tones of my old companion's voice.

六月里一天清晨，早餐后，我正坐下来阅读《英医务杂志》，忽听一阵铃声，随后就传来我那老伙伴高亢而有点刺耳话语声，这真令我十分惊奇。

She was, he told her, decisive and strong minded, but she was also seen as having a hectoring, strident, and bossy dictorial personality.

他对撒切尔称，撒切尔很有主见，果断行事，然而她性格中仍然存在咄咄逼人、威吓欺人一面。

Are they described with adjectives (strident or emotional, for example) that would not be applied to men with the same characteristics?

他们是否用了一些形容词(如刺耳或情绪化)来描述女性，而这些形容词并不适用于具有相同特征男性？

But many linguists are strident anti-Chomskyans.

但许多语言学是尖锐反乔姆斯基主义者。

Well, you know, the most strident naysayers that I encountered in Italy in the medical historical community were all males.

要知道，我遇到意大利医学史界最强烈反对者都是男性。

There is definitely no smoking on this bus, no littering, no rudeness, and few strident bells to signal stops.

在这辆公共汽车上，绝对没有人抽烟，没人乱扔垃圾或举止粗鲁，就连提示司机停车刺耳铃声也很少响起。

Even the president's most strident supporters say this was a dangerous mistake on behalf of Trump.

就连总统最强硬支持者都表示，这对特朗普来说是危险错误。

In a more competitive world the money seems to be in creating an echo chamber for people's prejudices: thus Fox News, a conservative American cable-news channel, makes more profits than its less strident rivals, CNN and MSNBC, combined.

在一个更具有竞争性世界中，金钱似乎正在偏见提供肥沃土壤：就像Fox News，一美保守派有线新闻电视台，比没有它言语犀利两CNN和MSNBC合起来赚得还要多。

Otherwise, the noise was hard to lose. Every year the voices became more strident and extreme.

否则，噪音很难消失。每年声音都变得更加尖锐和极端。

The champions of free silver replied in strident tones.

——免费白银冠军们用刺耳语气回答。

The lists usually start out pretty tame, but become more strident as they grow longer.

这些列表通常一开始很平淡，但随着它们变长而变得更加刺耳。

Miscreada gives that women are criticized for being bossy, abrasive or strident.

错误观念认女性会因强势、尖锐或刺耳而受到批评。

Joe Biden is less strident but his democratic party.

乔·拜登不那么激进，但他民主党。

Protest music tends to be strident or self-righteous or just bluntly angry.

抗议音乐往往尖锐、自以是或直接愤怒。