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

• 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。
• His tendency to utter acrimonious remarks alienated his audience.
  他发表尖刻言论的倾向使得他的听众疏远了他。
• Despite his acrimonious exit last summer after their disastrous seventh placed finish in the league, the Spaniard conceded that he has been analyzing every aspect of the Reds'fortunes this season.
  尽管他在上个赛季因取得灾难性的第七名而被迫离开利物浦，这位西班牙人承认他依然的从各方面分析红军本赛季的命运。
• But they have made no effort to conceal their fascination over the process, which featured acrimonious televised debates on major policy issues and massive public rallies.
  但是美国政府官员都毫不隐瞒自己对伊朗竞选过程的惊喜，这次竞选的特色包括就重大政策问题展开言辞尖锐的电视辩论以及大型群众大会。
• Every country south of Rwanda has had acrimonious debates about Chinese "exploitation".
  卢旺达南部的国家，都在中国扩张问题上存在尖锐的对立立场。
• His diplomatic style was evident in the acrimonious board debates over the pay of Richard Grasso, then head of the New York Stock Exchange.
  在董事会关于时任纽约证交所（nyse）首席执行官理查德格拉索（richardgrasso）薪资问题的激烈辩论中，他的外交风格显露无遗。
• 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。
• Since their acrimonious divorce, she has not allowed her former husband to see the children.
  自从他们剑拔弩张的离婚之后，她已经不许前夫见孩子。
• The oil cartel then declined to raise production quotas during an acrimonious meeting in Vienna on June 8.
  接着，在6月8日爆发激烈争论的维也纳会议期间，欧佩克拒绝上调产量配额。
• 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。