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昨天刚提到可能为人工智能聊天工具配音的Judi Dench，今天就有一位和她同级别的传奇人物Maggie Smith逝世的消息。无论是哪个年代的观众都会对她相当的熟悉。今天我们就一起分享路透社的一篇报道。
Britain's Maggie Smith, one of the most acclaimed actors of her generation with a career ranging from Shakespeare to Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, has died aged 89, her family said on Friday.
Smith was one of a select few to win the treble of an Oscar, Emmy and Tony during seven decades on stage and screen, becoming a star known for her sharp intelligence and waspish wit.
King Charles led the tributes, saying he was deeply saddened by the news of Smith's death.
After starting on stage in the 1950s, Smith became a fixture at Britain's new National Theatre in the 1960s, working alongside Laurence Olivier, before winning her first Oscar at the end of the decade.
But for many younger fans in the 21st century, she was best-known as Professor McGonagall in all seven "Harry Potter" movies, and the Dowager Countess in the hit TV series "Downton Abbey," a role that seemed tailor-made for an actor known for purse-lipped asides and malicious cracks.
（节选自路透社）
文章中出现最多的是关于对尖刻批评、犀利幽默等含义的表达。我们一起来补充更为丰富的选择。
waspish wit / sarcastic wit / acerbic wit / mordant wit
带有讽刺意味的机智言辞。
🌰：Her sarcastic wit can be both entertaining and hurtful.
cutting remark
形容话语带有伤害性，非常尖锐。
🌰：She made a cutting remark about his failure.
barbed comment
像带刺一样的评论，暗含讽刺或攻击。
🌰：His barbed comments always make people uncomfortable.
caustic humour 或 dry humour 冷幽默（晦涩含蓄）
像化学物质一样腐蚀性的幽默，形容非常尖刻的讽刺。
🌰：His caustic humour left no one in the room unscathed.
sharp-tongued
形容人说话尖锐刻薄，不留情面。
🌰：She is known for being sharp-tongued, often cutting people down with a single sentence.
scathing critique
严厉、尖刻的批评，毫不留情。
🌰：Her scathing critique of the performance was both accurate and brutal.
biting sarcasm
刻薄、刺痛的讽刺。
🌰：His biting sarcasm made it clear he wasn’t impressed.
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