cut to the quick

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally. figuratively,transitive
    — I was cut to the quick at the idea of having lost the inestimable privilege of listening to the gifted Kurtz.
  2. To incisively discuss the underlying sensitive or unpleasant root of a given topic. figuratively
    — Alfar's analysis cuts to the quick of the socioeconomic structures that underlie marriage, primogeniture, monarchy, and imperialism.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, quick.

词形变化

cuts to the quick present,singular,third-person cutting to the quick participle,present cut to the quick participle,past cut to the quick past
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