acrimonious

英 [ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs]

美 [ˌækrɪˈmoʊniəs]

adj. 尖刻的; 讥讽的; 激烈的

TOEFL GRE

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

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。
An acrimonious dispute broke out.
爆发了一场激烈的争论。
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。
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 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。
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。
There followed an acrimonious debate.
接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。
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 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。
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。