acrimonious

英 [ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs]

美 [ˌækrɪˈmoʊniəs]

adj. 尖刻的; 讥讽的; 激烈的

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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

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。
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。
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 meeting, discussion, atmosphere.
争吵激烈的会议、讨论、气氛。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。
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。