acerbic

英 [əˈsɜːbɪk]

美 [əˈsɜːrbɪk]

adj.  尖刻的; 严厉的

GRE

BNC.32859 / COCA.23834

牛津词典

adj.

• 尖刻的；严厉的
  critical in a direct and rather cruel way
  1. The letter was written in her usual acerbic style.
     这封信是用她惯常的尖刻语调写的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （幽默）辛辣的，尖刻的
  Acerbichumour is critical and direct.
  1. He was acclaimed for his acerbic wit and repartee...
     他以一针见血的妙语巧辩而备受好评。
  2. His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.
     他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。

英英释义

adj

• harsh or corrosive in tone
  1. an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
  2. a barrage of acid comments
  3. her acrid remarks make her many enemies
  4. bitter words
  5. blistering criticism
  6. caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
  7. a sulfurous denunciation
  8. a vitriolic critique
  Synonym:acerbacidacridbitterblisteringcausticsulfuroussulphurousvirulentvitriolic
• sour or bitter in taste
  Synonym:acerbastringent

双语例句

• An acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose; a barrage of acid comments; her acrid remarks make her many enemies; bitter words; blistering criticism; caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics; a sulfurous denunciation.
  与其他华丽的散文不同的尖刻的语气；一连串刻薄的评论；尖刻的评论使她有许多敌人；刻薄话；尖刻的批评；关于政治暗杀、脱口秀主持人以及医德的尖刻评论；辛辣的斥责。
• His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.
  他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。
• Simon is the most acerbic judge on "American Idol".
  西蒙是“美国偶像”中最尖酸刻薄的评委。
• As far as the Amphetamine-type stimulants, with the means of preprocess such as the acerbic hydrolysis, the alkaline hydrolysis and the enzymatic hydrolysis, will be seized material from the sulfuric acid and protein or a combination of such substances in dissociating out.
  对于苯丙胺类新型毒品来说，可以通过酸水解、碱水解或酶水解等预处理方法，将待检物质从与蛋白质或硫酸等物质形成结合物中解离出来。
• A detailed description, account, analysis, etc Mr Foster goes through this with acerbic thoroughness.
  详尽的叙述、报道、分析等.福氏在记述这部分内容时，叙述详尽，用语尖刻。
• He was acclaimed for his acerbic wit and repartee
  他以一针见血的妙语巧辩而备受好评。
• Research on Chaos in the Electrolyte of Plumbic Acerbic High Battery
  铅酸蓄电池中电解液混沌的研究
• He has also gained ground, even among Sunnis, by his increasingly acerbic attitude towards the Kurds, who many Arabs think have overreached themselves in the past few years.
  由于对库尔德人越来越尖刻的态度–许多阿拉伯人认为他们在过去几年里做过了头–他甚至也在逊尼派中获得了支持。
• OF course you know I'm just exercising my acerbic nature and directing what some would call obligatory disdain for anything that starts with the word "VB".
  当然你知道我只是行使我的尖刻的性质和指导有些会要求任何强制性的蔑视开头单词“VB中”。
• Written after a short visit to the UK ( his first), his essay is not just witty and acerbic, it is humblingly observant.
  此文写于他（首次）短暂访问英国之后。他的散文不仅诙谐尖刻，其观察之细致入微也足以令人汗颜。