acrimony ['ækriməni] n. 辛辣；尖刻；严厉 [ 复数 acrimonies ] 1.I didn't understand the mood swings at first but when I finally did, it was with empathy rather than acrimony . 起初我不理解他那种突兀的情绪转变，最后摸到他脾气之后，更多的则是理解，而不是怨恨。 2.It is bad enough when trade talks break up in acrimony ; how much worse that the Geneva gathering petered out amid complacency and apathy . 贸易谈判在激烈言词中破裂就足够糟糕了，日内瓦会谈在心安理得和冷漠中结束又会更差到哪里去呢？ 3.He also pledged to allow commercial traffic across the heavily fortified border to resume at the levels reached before the latest bout in acrimony between the two Koreas . 此外，他也许诺开放重兵把守的朝韩边界，将商业往来恢复至双方最近一次口水战之前的水平。