acrimonious

英 [ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs]

美 [ˌækrɪˈmoʊniəs]

adj.  尖刻的; 讥讽的; 激烈的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 尖刻的；讥讽的；激烈的
  angry and full of strong bitter feelings and words
  1. His parents went through an acrimonious divorce.
     他的父母在激烈争吵中离了婚。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （言辞、争吵等）尖刻的，激烈的
  Acrimoniouswords or quarrels are bitter and angry.
  1. There followed an acrimonious debate.
     接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。

英英释义

adj

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  1. an acrimonious dispute
  2. bitter about the divorce
  Synonym:bitter

双语例句

• It may look acrimonious. But what they are really doing is making sure the English language preserves its general unity – and maintains its world domination.
  这看上去也许有些尖刻，但他们真正的目的是确保英语保持基本的统一，并维持其在世界上的主导地位。
• The wise person observes neutrally, allowing no acrimonious feelings to distort his perceptions of truth.
  智者中庸地观察着，不让任何偏激的感觉扰乱他对真理的觉察。
• The Italian press attributed the acrimonious split to the couple's southern blood he is originally from Olbia in Sardinia, while his wife was born in Naples.
  意大利媒体将这起带有讽刺意味的离婚案归咎于这对夫妇的南部血统丈夫来自撒丁岛的奥尔比亚，而妻子则是出生在那不勒斯。
• For more than 40 years, iron ore prices have been settled in secretive and often acrimonious negotiations between global steelmakers and miners.
  40多年来，铁矿石价格一直是通过全球钢铁商和矿商之间的秘密的往往充斥着火药味的谈判敲定的。
• He had an acrimonious quarrel with his girlfriend yesterday.
  昨天他跟他的女朋友激烈争吵了一番。
• Acrimonious debate in Brussels reflects hard choices at the national level.
  布鲁塞尔的唇枪舌战说明，欧盟各成员国也同样面临着艰难抉择。
• The transcripts provide ammunition to both sides in the increasingly acrimonious debate as to whether Mr Greenspan and the Fed should be held responsible for the housing bubble and its subsequent bust.
  格林斯潘和美联储是否应为房地产泡沫的形成及破裂负责？有关这一问题的争论目前正愈演愈烈，而上述会议纪要为辩论双方都提供了攻击对方的弹药。
• They had an acrimonious discussion about money.
  他们为钱的事展开了激烈的讨论。
• She is also locked in a series of lawsuits, including an acrimonious row with her own children over a family trust where she has been accused of threatening to financially ruin them.
  她还被一连串官司缠身，包括和自己的孩子因家庭基金发生的激烈争吵，她被控威胁让孩子破产。
• Similar meetings in the previous two years ended in acrimonious collapse.
  此前的两年间，类似的若干次会议均在不和声中谈崩。