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

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。
There followed an acrimonious debate.
接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
He had an acrimonious quarrel with his girlfriend yesterday.
昨天他跟他的女朋友激烈争吵了一番。
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。
The oil cartel then declined to raise production quotas during an acrimonious meeting in Vienna on June 8.
接着，在6月8日爆发激烈争论的维也纳会议期间，欧佩克拒绝上调产量配额。