If the image of quiet, contemplative debate seems anachronistic in these vituperative times, the contrast is even more poignant after the Justice's latest decision.

如果说，在这个动辄谩骂时代，安静、沉思式辩论已经显得不合时宜，最高法院做出最新裁决后，二者反差较之前有过之而无不及。

It sounds brutal, but the people-pleaser is lying for poignant reasons: not in order to gain advantage, but because they are terrified of the displeasure of others.

虽然这听起来不近人情，是讨好者说谎，确实处于辛酸原因：们不是为自己牟利，只是因为害怕人不悦。

Walter was right and his words are all the more poignant at a time when many of us feel that character is lacking in some of the leaders we count on the most.

Walter说很对，话在今天看来也让人倍感辛酸，因为我们很多人发现，个性和品质，在我们最信赖领导人身上，却是那样匮乏。

The artifacts amount to a rare discovery, a poignant time capsule.

这些艺术品是一个罕见发现，一个辛酸时间胶囊。

" Pretty neat, huh? " Perhaps the most poignant piece of future-telling on Argyle's part comes very early in the film when he and Sunny play dress-up.

“很干净, 对吧? ”Argyle对未来最深刻预言可能是在影片一开始和Sunny玩化妆游戏时候。

The narrative style draws upon the perspective of children to infuse a tragic story with poignant humor.

她叙风格用是孩童视角，在悲剧性故入尖刻幽默。

Rejecting the conventional heroics of military monuments, Lin's poignant contemplative, apolitical design was a revelation.

她建筑风格打破了以往军纪念碑英雄崇拜风格， 取而代之是一种沉静、肃穆、不含政治色彩设计风格。

So it feels really really poignant right now.

所以现在感觉真很痛苦。

It is a poignant moment to think of so many of Egypt's royalty going through the streets of this modern capital.

想到这么多埃及皇室成员在这座现代首都街道上穿行，真是令人心酸。

A striking display of the sheer scale of the destruction with poignant reminders of the tragedy at every turn.

这是一个展示了这场空袭强大破坏力惊人展览，每一个展厅都心酸地提醒着我们：有场悲剧发生过。

Christmas is a particularly poignant time for all of us who have lost loved ones.

对我们每个失去亲人人来说，圣诞节是一个特别痛苦时刻。

Arguably one of the most poignant moments in the crown which has revisited the queen's reign and history has been the depiction of her going and seeing grieving families in the aftermath of the Aberfan Disaster.

女王在位期间最令人心酸时刻之一，就是她在阿伯凡灾难后去看望悲痛家庭场景，这让人们重新审视了女王统治和历史。

Controlled not by harsh words but by something far more poignant and yet far harder to extricate ourselves from: by our ongoing desire to be a good child, to please those who brought us into this world, by love.

远非言语伤，而是内心煎熬，深陷其而无法自拔。可能是一直努力想做好孩子，好取悦生养我们来到这个世界人。

And yet, even in that realization, life can be ever more poignant, reaching deep into our souls and grasping something there that is so incredibly human that it's hard to explain.

然而，即使意识到这一点，生活也可能变得更加辛酸，深入我们灵魂，抓住那里一些东西，这些东西是如此难以置信地符合人性，以至于难以解释。

In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

实上，这些经验可能是最深刻和最重要。

Every single one of them is beautiful and poignant, and I couldn't help but wish that the main story managed to move me in similar ways.

每一个故都华美动人，我不禁希望主线故也能以类似方式打动我。

For the artisans, completion will be poignant.

对于工匠们来说，完工将会让们感到离别之痛。

Perhaps that's why in a sense it's so poignant.

也许这就是为什么在某种意义上它是如此辛酸。

On the IELTS speaking, if you're asked what kind of books you like, you could say something like this: I really like books that are a real page-turner that are poignant and are gripping.

在雅思口语考试，如果有人问你，你喜欢读什么类型书，你可以像这样说：我真很喜欢那种凄惨，扣人心弦引人入胜书。

Wait I was just gonna say something that was super poignant but I didn't know.

等等，我刚想说些让人心酸话，我不知道。