acrimonious

英 [ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs]

美 [ˌækrɪˈmoʊniəs]

adj.  尖刻的; 讥讽的; 激烈的

TOEFLGRE

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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

• Virgin Media has become embroiled in an expensive and acrimonious battle with Sky in the UK pay-TV market.
  在英国的付费电视市场，VirginMedia已开始卷入一场与天空电视台（Sky）之间代价高昂且异常激烈的战斗。
• 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。
• An acrimonious meeting, discussion, atmosphere.
  争吵激烈的会议、讨论、气氛。
• 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 transcripts provide ammunition to both sides in the increasingly acrimonious debate as to whether Mr Greenspan and the Fed should be held responsible for the housing bubble and its subsequent bust.
  格林斯潘和美联储是否应为房地产泡沫的形成及破裂负责？有关这一问题的争论目前正愈演愈烈，而上述会议纪要为辩论双方都提供了攻击对方的弹药。
• It may look acrimonious. But what they are really doing is making sure the English language preserves its general unity – and maintains its world domination.
  这看上去也许有些尖刻，但他们真正的目的是确保英语保持基本的统一，并维持其在世界上的主导地位。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。