acrimony

英 [ˈækrɪməni]

美 [ˈækrɪmoʊni]

n.  (态度、言辞)尖刻，讥讽

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牛津词典

noun

• （态度、言辞）尖刻，讥讽
  angry bitter feelings or words
  1. The dispute was settled without acrimony.
     没有唇枪舌剑，这场纠纷就解决了。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 尖刻的言辞；激烈的争吵
  Acrimonyis bitter and angry words or quarrels.
  1. The council's first meeting ended in acrimony.
     委员会的首次会议以激烈的争吵而告结束。

英英释义

noun

• a rough and bitter manner
  Synonym:bitternessacerbityjaundicetartnessthorniness

双语例句

• Acrimony still run that deep?
  伤害还是那么深吗？
• The acrimony of his remarks alienated his audience.
  他说话尖刻，这使观众和他疏远了。
• WHEN an infamous summit of world powers in London ended in1933, such was the mood of protectionist acrimony that many argued it would have been better if the meeting had not been held at all.
  当1933年世界列强聚集伦敦召开那次声名狼藉的峰会后，贸易保护主义之风开始弥漫。好多人认为那次会议不开也许会更好些。
• The Jesuits in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony.
  处于地位上升阶段的耶稣会修士迫害佛教徒，用尖刻的语言辱骂他们。
• Abandoning the exclusivity of the relationship would force each partner to build ad hoc coalitions for every initiative in an uncongenial, EU-wide context of economic recession and political acrimony.
  在全欧盟经济衰退、政治不和的紧张气氛下，放弃法德之间牢不可破的关系，将迫使双方为每项计划组建临时的联盟。
• Worse, they added that acrimony over the Fund's role in assessing the economic policies of its members, their effects on other countries threatened to create just the disorder in the global economy it is intended to prevent.
  更糟糕的是，他们补充称，在评估成员国经济政策及其对其它国家的影响方面，围绕IMF角色的争执，可能恰恰会引发这种角色意图防范的全球经济失调。
• George Bonham ( not his real name), a former banker who lives in Bournemouth, south England, and is working on starting his own business, says there was no acrimony between him and his ex but the housing market created problems.
  曾是银行家的乔治·博纳姆（化名）住在英国南部的伯恩茅斯，正设法自行创业。他表示，他与前妻并未发生争吵，但住房市场造成了问题。
• Matrimony soon turned to acrimony.
  过门不久转为和缓。
• St. Paul cavorted to Christianity. He preached holy acrimony, which is another name for marriage.
  圣保罗欢闹了基督教。他传讲了圣恶毒，就是婚姻的另一个名字。
• They talked not only without acrimony, but even with friendliness.
  不仅没有恶言相向，言语间还十分投机。