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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There followed an acrimonious debate.
  接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。