acrimonious

adj.

1. 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。

1. ADJ-GRADED （言辞、争吵等）尖刻的，激烈的
   Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
   1. There followed an acrimonious debate.
      接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。

1. There followed an acrimonious debate.
   接着是一场唇枪舌剑的争辩。
2. 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。
3. The Italian press attributed the acrimonious split to the couple's southern blood he is originally from Olbia in Sardinia, while his wife was born in Naples.
   意大利媒体将这起带有讽刺意味的离婚案归咎于这对夫妇的南部血统丈夫来自撒丁岛的奥尔比亚，而妻子则是出生在那不勒斯。
4. A quarrel over one property caused the final, acrimonious break in 1997.
   结果到1997年，因为一处地产，两人吵了起来，导致了最终的决裂。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. An acrimonious dispute broke out.
   爆发了一场激烈的争论。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. An acrimonious meeting, discussion, atmosphere.
    争吵激烈的会议、讨论、气氛。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. His tendency to utter acrimonious remarks alienated his audience.
    他发表尖刻言论的倾向使得他的听众疏远了他。
18. 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。
19. His parents went through an acrimonious divorce.
    他的父母在激烈吵吵闹闹中离了婚。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. They had an acrimonious discussion about money.
    他们为钱的事展开了激烈的讨论。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. The wise person observes neutrally, allowing no acrimonious feelings to distort his perceptions of truth.
    智者中庸地观察着，不让任何偏激的感觉扰乱他对真理的觉察。
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. This is not the end of this long running and acrimonious dispute, but it is an important stage.
    这并不是这场持续了很久的尖锐的争论的结束，然而却是非常重要的一步。
30. 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。

adj

1. marked by strong resentment or cynicism
   1. an acrimonious dispute
   2. bitter about the divorce

   Synonym:    bitter