adj.刺鼻的；辛辣的；尖銳的；刻薄的

The president was shocked because he received an anonymous letter which contained some pungent problems. 總統(tǒng)收到了一封匿名信，里面有一些很尖銳的問(wèn)題，這讓他感到很震驚。

Yet it breeds antipathies of the most pungent character between those who lay the emphasis differently. 然而，由于個(gè)人的著重點(diǎn)不同，彼此之間就產(chǎn)生了許多非常尖銳的嫌惡感。

adv.苦痛地；尖銳地