cogent
['kodʒənt]
a. 使首, 使, 题

[] , 驳

1. Maybe the most cogent comment on a topic which so far has generated more heat than light came from Mr Carter.
   许，目已起论议题评论卡特先。
2. The lawyer's cogent arguments convince the jury.
   位律师辩博陪团。
3. A brief, apt, and cogent expression.
   简洁语句，警句简洁贴令

cogent
[ adj ]
powerfully persuasive
<adj.all>
a cogent argumenta telling presentation
a weighty argument




Cogent \Co"gent\, a. [L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive
together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See {Agent}, a.,
and cf. {Coact} to force, {Coagulate}, p. a.]
1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]

The cogent force of nature. --Prior.

2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will;
constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily
reasisted.

No better nor more cogent reason. --Dr. H. More.

Proofs of the most cogent description. --Tyndall.

The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,
Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands.
--Cowper.

Syn: Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive;
convincing; conclusive; influential.