0 A strident sound is loud, unpleasant, and rough. -- 刺耳的，尖厲的
People are put off by his strident voice. 人們很厭惡他那刺耳的嗓音。
1 expressing or expressed in forceful language that does not try to avoid upsetting other people -- 措詞強硬的，咄咄逼人的
They are becoming increasingly strident in their criticism of government economic policy. 他們對政府經濟政策的抨擊越來越猛烈。
Strident signals about implementing a campaign agenda or systematic displays of bipartisanship alone could highlight questions of legitimacy.
So, also, had strident anti-urban and arcadian reconstructions of a purportedly supportive, face-to-face rural communalism.
Activists mobilized to oppose the forest law, taking strident positions against a clear foe, while forming coalitions some of which crossed government/activist lines.
He continued to employ strident language, however, still claiming that the document was an aristocratic conspiracy.
The presumably strident nature of labials is not relevant to the well-formedness constraint as it is formulated.
This strident advertisement overturns the view that retirement connotes older people being discarded by society and their families.
Unfortunately, the discussion is difficult to follow because of apparent confusion in use of the features ' strident ' and ' sibilant ' to describe the segments involved.
What is more, that such exasperation was often expressed in strident terms.
