strident

adj.

1. 刺耳的
   having a loud, rough and unpleasant sound
   1. a strident voice
      刺耳的嗓音
   2. strident music
      刺耳的音乐
2. 强硬的；咄咄逼人的
   aggressive and determined
   1. He is a strident advocate of nuclear power.
      他是发展核能的坚定拥护者。
   2. strident criticism
      猛烈的抨击

1. ADJ-GRADED 强硬的;咄咄逼人的;坚定的
   If you use strident to describe someone or the way they express themselves, you mean that they make their feelings or opinions known in a very strong way that perhaps makes people uncomfortable.
   1. She was increasingly seen as a strident feminist.
      她愈加被视为强硬的女权主义者。
   2. ...the unnecessarily strident tone of the President's remarks...
      总统发言中不必要的强硬语气
   3. Demands for his resignation have become more and more strident.
      要求他辞职的呼声越来越强烈。
2. ADJ-GRADED 刺耳的;尖锐的
   If a voice or sound is strident, it is loud, harsh, and unpleasant to listen to.
   1. She tried to laugh, and the sound was harsh and strident...
      她想笑，但声音听起来尖锐刺耳。
   2. He could hear Hilton's strident voice rising in vehement argument with Houston.
      他能听到希尔顿在同休斯敦激烈争吵时的咆哮声。

1. She was increasingly seen as a strident feminist.
   她愈加被视为强硬的女权主义者。
2. Demands for his resignation have become more and more strident.
   要求他辞职的呼声越来越强烈。
3. She tried to laugh, and the sound was harsh and strident
   她想笑，但声音听起来尖锐刺耳。
4. He could hear Hilton's strident voice rising in vehement argument with Houston.
   他能听到希尔顿在同休斯敦激烈争吵时的咆哮声。
5. This was their mother at her worst. Her voice was strident, she was ready to be angry at anyone.
   这是他们的母亲情绪最坏之时，她说话咄咄逼人，随时会对任何人发火。
6. Larry's strident voice was difficult to listen to for more than five minutes.
   拉里粗哑的声音让人听五分钟就受不了。
7. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress.
   假如铃声大声又刺耳，你醒来就有压力。
8. In a flurry and strident voices often make others feel nervous.
   慌慌张张而又刺耳的声音往往会让别人感到神经紧张。
9. I found plenty more to be angry about along the way and built something of a reputation for being strident.
   我找到了更多让自己愤怒的理由，我也因为自己的刺耳的声音树立了自己的声誉。
10. The telescreen had changed over to strident military music.
    电幕上换了种吵人的军乐。
11. Yet the reaction was swift and strident.
    然而却引起了迅速且尖锐的反响。
12. However, the talks do indicate the value of activism by hedge funds or any other strident investor.
    然而，这场谈判确实印证了对冲基金或其他怨愤的投资人积极采取行动的价值。
13. The piano was jarringly out of tune. a loud harsh or strident noise.
    钢琴走了调，声音很刺耳。
14. In an effort to catch their attention, news publishers are becoming more partisan and more strident.
    为了努力吸引他们的注意力，新闻出版商正变得更具派性、也更为尖锐。
15. The strident voices stopped abruptly.
    这刺耳的声音登时停了下来。
16. He is a strident advocate of nuclear power.
    他是发展核能的坚定拥护者。
17. Determined, and some said strident, she would revolutionize the economy.
    她将坚定地，有人说是尖锐地，对经济进行大刀阔斧的改革。
18. He could not help overhearing the conversation, so strident was her tone.
    他没法不去听那场谈话，因为她说话的声调太刺耳了。
19. Much of his writing has a rather strident tone to it.
    他的很多作品笔调相当尖刻。
20. His strident voice rang through the house. The artificially hardened voice rose harshly and hung there.
    他那刺耳的嗓音响彻整个房子。粗哑的假嗓音响了起来，在那里荡漾。
21. Objective critics sometimes noted that Maria Callas sounded strident and wobbly.
    客观的评论家有时会认为，玛丽娅•卡拉斯（MariaCallas）的声音听起来又刺耳又发颤。
22. It is not strident or emphatic, but subtle and poetic.
    他的作品不是奔放震撼式的，而是细腻，富有诗意的。
23. The note became a strident blare.
    乐音变成了尖厉的刺耳声。
24. They are becoming increasingly strident in their criticism of government economic policy.
    他们对政府经济政策的抨击越来越激烈。
25. She told her side of the story in typically strident language during a television interview.
    在电视访谈中她用明显是十分激越的语言述说了她这一方的说法。
26. She seemed oblivious to strident British demands for the repatriation of EU powers.
    她似乎浑然不觉刺耳英国要求欧盟权力遣返。
27. ( of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident.
    （指语音或者方言）声音令人愉快；不刺耳或者不尖利。
28. And so the dialogue between rich nations and poor grows more tense and strident.
    因此富裕国家与贫穷国家之间的对话变得更加紧张、刺耳。
29. Republicans are even more strident in their opposition to a more powerful Fed.
    对于一个更强大的美联储，共和党的反对甚至更为激烈。
30. Once again, the arbitrary cap on H-1B visas, part of our strident national debate over immigration policy, has played a cruel joke on US competitiveness by needlessly penalising some of our highest-growth industries.
    作为我们针对移民政策的全国性激烈争论的内容之一，对h-1b签证的武断限制用毫无助益的惩罚一些高增长行业的方式，再一次对美国的竞争力开了一个残酷的玩笑。

adj

1. unpleasantly loud and harsh

   Synonym:    raucous

2. being sharply insistent on being heard
   1. strident demands
   2. shrill criticism

   Synonym:    shrill

3. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

   Synonym:    fricativecontinuantsibilantspirant

4. conspicuously and offensively loud
   1. blatant radios
   2. a clamorous uproar
   3. strident demands
   4. a vociferous mob

   Synonym:    blatantclamantclamorousvociferous