acrimonious的意思|acrimonious的解释-里氏词典

acrimonious [ˌækri'məunjəs]

a. 尖刻的, 讥讽的, 激烈的

His remarks are very acrimonious.
他话语尖刻。
The result can be static and acrimonious debate:“ Tree hugger!
结果可能导致相互指责与激烈的争执：「境保护狂！
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。

acrimonious

[ adj ]
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
<adj.all>
an acrimonious disputebitter about the divorce

Acrimonious \Ac"ri*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. LL. acrimonious, F.
acrimonieux.]
1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [Archaic]
--Harvey.

2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious
dispute, language, temper.

The resemblance ends there, however, because Daniel North is an actor and in no way an alter ego for the author. He is at Heathrow airport when the novel begins, waiting to meet his father whom he has not seen for 13 acrimonious years.
The unexpectedly harsh move raised the stakes in an acrimonious dispute that pits insurers, pension funds and other large institutional shareholders against securities firms, banks and British concerns over so-called preemptory rights.
The $500 scholarship in memory of Bobby Griffith will be offered beginning next year in Contra Costa County, site of an acrimonious struggle between fundamentalists and homosexuals.
In one acrimonious exchange, Marcello Valenzano, Abcotek's president, accused directors of lying about the company's plans.
Although the campaign was occasionally acrimonious, elections are not an end to themselves, but a means to an end.
And the summer began with acrimonious transatlantic battles for control of Harcourt Brace and JWT Group Inc., a major advertising company.
One of the major reasons for the current scandal is that recommendations of the last full inquiry into malpractice in the borough, in 1987, were not implemented.' Friday night's debate on Mr Ouseley's report was acrimonious.
The direct talks, which came two days after the end of the acrimonious and largely ceremonial opening conference, began when Israeli negotiators met with a joint Jordanian and Palestinian team in a Spanish government building yesterday morning.
Mr. Sugarman, however, said he stated earlier in the acrimonious battle that he wouldn't take greenmail, "and we will not."
The deal requires the approval of insurance regulators in nine of the states where Farmers does business, and hearings before those regulators were the forum for the most acrimonious accusations in the takover battle.
While the two halves of Solidarity represented by Lech Walesa and Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki were trying to bury each other in an acrimonious battle for the presidency, a fresh-faced unknown from abroad slipped in and nearly stole the electorate.
ADT has complied with the bulk of the demands made by Laidlaw following an acrimonious dispute between the two companies in 1991. These include a listing on the New York Stock Exchange, quarterly reporting and greater representation on ADT's board.
The President and his representatives have indicated that this year they want to avoid confrontational politics and acrimonious exchanges, the kinds of things that in previous years led to budget stalemate and huge deficits.
The nation's governors, after three days of harmony, closed out their annual meeting Tuesday with an acrimonious debate over whether to change the method of amending the U.S. Constitution.
Borden's 20-year relationship with Meiji turned acrimonious in the past year, when Meiji started marketing its own products in Japan, particularly a line of premium Borden ice cream.
The acrimonious debates about easing German monetary policy in order to serve the needs of other European countries would become unnecessary.
Texaco Inc. and its biggest shareholder, Carl C. Icahn, may be headed for a showdown this week that could determine the course of their acrimonious takeover dispute.
The courtship of Des Moines-based Banks of Iowa by First Bank had been at the center of an acrimonious debate over legalizing interstate banking in Iowa.
Farmers Insurance Group Inc. has agreed to a $5.2 billion cash acquisition by Batus Inc., ending an acrimonious eight-month takeover battle.
They decided to ignore him. Over the next few weeks Artzt and FitzGerald exchanged increasingly acrimonious letters.
To go further and engage in a widely-publicised acrimonious legal battle is regarded by many as worse. One executive said yesterday: 'I never see law suits as being happy.
A long and acrimonious annual meeting of Butte Mining in London yesterday ended with some shareholders demanding a poll on all the resolutions put before them.
The companies are embroiled in an acrimonious soap war over the European laundry products market.
This debate has been lively, but I am glad to say not acrimonious.
The vote came after seven hours of acrimonious debate between supporters of the new government and lawmakers who questioned its legitimacy because of the political deals made to form it.
A long and often acrimonious battle between North Carolina and Tennessee over discharges from a Champion International paper mill ended with approval of a compromise, but environmentalists said their fight may not be over.
Such a move by the Bundesbank in late September and early October led to Bonn's acrimonious debate with U.S. Treasury Secretary James Baker that some analysts have said helped bring on the global stock market crash.
The close votes left some scars, with justices on both sides authoring some acrimonious opinions.
Reflecting the importance of the budget fight and lawmakers' recent spate of long hours, the debate was unusually acrimonious.
The tiff was aggravated by recent history: Dixons last year unsuccessfully bid for Woolworth, which in turn is suing Dixons for statements it made about Woolworth's management during the acrimonious battle.

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