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Acrimony is the anger and sour feeling between people who disagree hard and do not like each other. It sits in the relationship: not one shout, but a climate of bitterness. News writers love it for , divorces, and business break-ups: 'the acrimony between the two parties'.
Acrimony isAcrimony指的是 the anger and sour feeling那種憤怒又酸澀的感覺 between people who disagree hard and do not like each other意見嚴重不合、彼此看不順眼的人之間 It sits in the relationship它存在於關係本身 not one shout不是一次的大吼 but a climate of bitterness而是一種瀰漫著怨恨的氛圍 News writers love it for politics, divorces, and business break-ups新聞寫作很愛用這個字來講政治、離婚和商業拆夥 'the acrimony between the two parties''the acrimony between the two parties'（雙方之間的火藥味）
It is formal. Friends would say there is bad blood, or they cannot stand each other, or the fight got ugly.
It is formal這是正式用字 Friends would say there is bad blood朋友之間會說有心結 or they cannot stand each other或彼此受不了對方 or the fight got ugly或是這場爭吵變得很難看
Though actually, the word started as a picture of taste. It comes from French acrimonie, from Latin ācrimōnia, 'sharpness, a sharp taste'. English first used it for sharp tastes and sharp medicine; the 'angry people' meaning came later and is now the main one. You almost never hear it about food any more.
Though actually, the word started as a picture of taste不過其實這個字一開始講的是味道 It comes from French acrimonie它來自法文acrimonie from Latin ācrimōnia再往上追是拉丁文ācrimōnia 'sharpness, a sharp taste'意思是「尖銳、刺激的味道」 English first used it for sharp tastes and sharp medicine英文最早用它來講尖銳的味道和刺激的藥 the 'angry people' meaning came later「人與人之間的憤怒」這個意思是後來才有的 and is now the main one現在反而變成主要的意思 You almost never hear it about food any more現在幾乎不會再聽到它用來講食物了
It is also not a street fight. Acrimony can look polite on the surface and still be cold and cutting. The adjective is acrimonious; this noun is the feeling itself.
It is also not a street fight它也不是那種街頭吵架式的衝突 Acrimony can look polite on the surfaceAcrimony表面上可以看起來很客氣 and still be cold and cutting實際上卻冷冰冰又帶刺 The adjective is acrimonious形容詞是acrimonious this noun is the feeling itself這個名詞講的就是那種感覺本身
組成From Middle French acrimonie, from Latin ācrimōnia, 'sharpness, pungency'. English kept the picture of something sharp, then used it for sharp feelings between people.
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- acrimoniousthe adjective: a meeting full of acrimony is an acrimonious meeting
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
acrimonynoun/ˈækɹɪməni/
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A sharp and bitter hatred.
- Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.
- In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。