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

• There followed an acrimonious debate.
  接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。
• A quarrel over one property caused the final, acrimonious break in 1997.
  结果到1997年，因为一处地产，两人吵了起来，导致了最终的决裂。
• 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。
• This is not the end of this long running and acrimonious dispute, but it is an important stage.
  这并不是这场持续了很久的尖锐的争论的结束，然而却是非常重要的一步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His parents went through an acrimonious divorce.
  他的父母在激烈吵吵闹闹中离了婚。
• His marriage disintegrated, and an acrimonious divorce that took away most of his assets.
  他的家庭发生了纠纷，一场唇枪舌剑的离婚官司耗费了他绝大部分资财。
• 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。