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。
• An acrimonious dispute broke out.
  爆发了一场激烈的争论。
• As with a number of NATO nations contributing troops to the conflict, the war is unpopular among Italians, cropping up in increasingly acrimonious domestic political debate.
  和北约对于此次冲突所输入的军队人数一样。这场战争在意大利人心中是不得人心的，并且这种厌恶情绪在日益激烈的国内政治争论中突显出来。
• 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。
• They had an acrimonious discussion about money.
  他们为钱的事展开了激烈的讨论。
• His comments set the stage for acrimonious talks at the G-20 summit in Seoul starting on Thursday.
  他的这一系列观点为本周四开幕的首尔G20峰会准备了一些不和谐的话题。
• There followed an acrimonious debate.
  接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。
• An acrimonious meeting, discussion, atmosphere.
  争吵激烈的会议、讨论、气氛。
• 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。