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Incisive describes a mind, a comment, a question, or a piece of writing that is sharp in a good way: it goes straight to what matters and does not wander. An incisive question is the one that makes everyone sit up. An incisive analysis cuts through the fog.
Incisive describes a mind, a comment, a question, or a piece of writing that is sharp in a good way用來形容一個人的思考、評論、問題、或一篇文章，是那種好意義上的犀利 it goes straight to what matters and does not wander直接切中重點，不會拐彎抹角 An incisive question is the one that makes everyone sit upincisive的問題就是那種會讓大家都坐直起來注意的問題 An incisive analysis cuts through the fogincisive的分析能夠撥開迷霧
It is a compliment, and it is fairly formal — you hear it in reviews, offices, and classrooms more than in playground talk.
It is a compliment這是一種稱讚 and it is fairly formal而且相當正式 you hear it in reviews, offices, and classrooms more than in playground talk你在書評、辦公室、教室裡聽到它，比在操場閒聊裡更常見
Long ago the word meant “cutting” in a physical sense, like a blade. That older meaning has mostly dropped away in everyday English; if you call a person incisive, you are not saying they walk around with a knife. You are saying their thinking has an edge.
Long ago the word meant "cutting" in a physical sense, like a blade很久以前，這個字的意思是實際上的「切割」，像刀刃一樣 That older meaning has mostly dropped away in everyday English這個舊義在日常英語裡大多已經消失了 if you call a person incisive, you are not saying they walk around with a knife如果你說一個人incisive，你不是在說他隨身帶著刀 You are saying their thinking has an edge你是在說他的思考很有鋒芒
It is not the same as decisive (good at making a choice and sticking to it) and not the same as harsh. You can be kind and still incisive.
It is not the same as decisive這跟decisive不一樣 good at making a choice and sticking to it也就是很會做決定並堅持下去 and not the same as harsh也跟harsh不一樣 You can be kind and still incisive你可以既善良又incisive
組成From Medieval Latin incisivus: incido (“to cut in, cut through”) + -ivus (“-ive”). In Late Middle English it meant “cutting, penetrating.” Later people used that “cutting through” idea for a clear, sharp mind. Compare French incisif.
同家族的字
- inciseto cut a line into something — the older, physical sense
- incisiona neat cut
- incisora cutting tooth
- incisivelythe adverb: in an incisive way
- incisivenessthe noun: the quality of being incisive
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
incisiveadj/ɪnˈsaɪ.sɪv/
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Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
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Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
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Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)
- An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.
- She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
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Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.
- An incisive, high voice.
- And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
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anatomymedicinesciencesOf or relating to the incisors.
- the incisive bones, the premaxillaries
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。