acrimonious

英 [ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs]

美 [ˌækrɪˈmoʊniəs]

adj.  尖刻的; 讥讽的; 激烈的

TOEFLGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18668 / COCA.20973

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

• An acrimonious dispute broke out.
  爆发了一场激烈的争论。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 criticism was widely reported in the Chinese media and fuelled an acrimonious debate on Chinese websites.
  他的批判被中国的媒体广为报道，给中国网上不可开交的争论火上浇油。
• 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。
• 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。
• Virgin Media has become embroiled in an expensive and acrimonious battle with Sky in the UK pay-TV market.
  在英国的付费电视市场，VirginMedia已开始卷入一场与天空电视台（Sky）之间代价高昂且异常激烈的战斗。