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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They had an acrimonious discussion about money.
  他们为钱的事展开了激烈的讨论。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His parents went through an acrimonious divorce.
  他的父母在激烈吵吵闹闹中离了婚。