However sad, however mordant, however terrible, we must know it.

无论多么悲哀，多么尖刻，多么可怕，须知道。

He is best known for his mordant surrealism.

他以尖刻幽默的超现实主义而闻名。

His political opponents feared his mordant tongue, and even more his mordant pen.

他的政治对手害怕他那肮脏的舌头，更害怕他那谩骂的笔。

He was learned, copious, occasionally mordant in style; but grace had been denied to him.

他学识, 学多才, 有时风格刻薄;但恩典被他拒绝了。

" I quite agree, " said Miss Lavish, who had several times tried to interrupt his mordant wit.

“完全同意， ” 拉维什小姐说， 她曾多次试图打断他尖刻的机智。