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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The sprawling state-owned enterprise and Mr Palmer are embroiled in an increasingly acrimonious dispute over Sino Iron, the ill-fated venture that was already five times over budget before iron ore prices collapsed.
  庞大的国有企业中信与帕尔默围绕中澳铁矿（SinoIron）陷入了一场越来越激烈的纠纷，这个命运多舛的合资项目开发成本超出预算五倍，到头来却迎来铁矿石价格暴跌的窘境。
• An acrimonious dispute broke out.
  爆发了一场激烈的争论。