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

• 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。
• An acrimonious dispute broke out.
  爆发了一场激烈的争论。
• She is also locked in a series of lawsuits, including an acrimonious row with her own children over a family trust where she has been accused of threatening to financially ruin them.
  她还被一连串官司缠身，包括和自己的孩子因家庭基金发生的激烈争吵，她被控威胁让孩子破产。
• 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。
• 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。
• Since their acrimonious divorce, she has not allowed her former husband to see the children.
  自从他们剑拔弩张的离婚之后，她已经不许前夫见孩子。
• 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。
• They had an acrimonious discussion about money.
  他们为钱的事展开了激烈的讨论。
• There followed an acrimonious debate.
  接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。
• 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。