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

• 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。
• 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。
• They had an acrimonious discussion about money.
  他们为钱的事展开了激烈的讨论。
• 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。
• 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。
• An acrimonious dispute broke out.
  爆发了一场激烈的争论。
• 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。
• They also illustrate the way in which the acrimonious battle for power between Mr Zuma and Thabo mbeki, the country's president whom he defeated in december's ANC leadership election, is poisoning both the civil service and the political system.
  也说明了祖马和他在12月非洲国民议会党领导人选举中击败的南非总统塔博姆贝基之间激烈的权力斗争正在严重损害公共服务和政治系统。
• 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。
• 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。