vitriolic

英 [ˌvɪtriˈɒlɪk]

美 [ˌvɪtriˈɑːlɪk]

adj.  愤怒的; 恶意的; 尖酸刻薄的

GRE

BNC.20893 / COCA.25761

牛津词典

adj.

• 愤怒的；恶意的；尖酸刻薄的
  full of anger and hatred
  1. The newspaper launched a vitriolic attack on the president.
     这家报纸对总统发起了一场恶意的攻击。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （言行）恶意的，刻薄的，尖刻的
  If you describe someone's language or behaviour asvitriolic, you disapprove of it because it is full of bitterness and hate, and so causes a lot of distress and pain.
  1. There was a vicious and vitriolic attack on him in one of the Sunday newspapers two weeks ago.
     两周前一份周日报纸刊登了一篇对他进行尖酸恶毒攻击的文章。

英英释义

adj

• of a substance, especially a strong acid
  Synonym:causticcorrosiveerosivemordant
• 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:acerbacerbicacidacridbitterblisteringcausticsulfuroussulphurousvirulent

双语例句

• He launched a vitriolic attack on the prime minister, accusing him of shielding corrupt friends.
  他对首相发起了毫不留情的攻击，指控他庇护贪污的朋友。
• Heidi Withers was berated as graceless and unladylike in a vitriolic email from Carolyn Bourne, the stepmother of her future husband Freddie Bourne, a businessman.
  在一封来自未婚夫、商人费雷迪•伯恩继母卡罗琳•伯恩的刻薄邮件中，准新娘海蒂•威瑟斯被指责“粗野”、“不淑女”。
• The current situation and progress on the applications of vitriolic slag are briefly introduced, some development trends of comprehensive utilization of vitriolic slag such as manufacturing ferric or ferrous salt, ferruginous pigment, magnetic powder are suggested.
  简要介绍了硫酸渣的研究现状，提出了利用硫酸渣开发铁盐、铁系颜料、铁基磁粉等，是今后硫酸渣综合利用的发展方向。
• The debate over climate change is becoming more vitriolic by the week.
  有关气候变化的争论正一周周变得更加尖锐。
• Vitriolic impurity is contained normally in the sewage that vitriolic factory discharges.
  硫酸厂排放的污水中通常含有硫酸杂质。
• The initial response from zealots on both sides was predictably vitriolic.
  可以预见，两党的狂热信徒们第一反应都是报之以刻薄之词。
• Peculiarity of Vitriolic Salt Smudge Soil and It Effect to Building Engineering
  硫酸盐渍土的特性及对建筑工程的影响
• Every writer on China knows that even mild public criticism of the middle kingdom generates vitriolic and sometimes deranged responses from Chinese nationalists.
  任何一位撰写有关中国的作者都知道，即便是对中国进行温和的公开批评，也会招致中国民族主义者的尖刻回应，有时甚至是过激的反应。
• He was subjected to the most vitriolic personal abbuse.
  他受到了最刻毒的人身攻击。
• We deplore the vitriolic nature of his remarks.
  他言语中敌意昭彰，我们深感遗憾。