新gre词汇acerbic

　　改革后的新gre考试词汇量的考察下降20%，希望考生不要被下降20%所迷惑，虽然对新gre考试词汇春意义的考察减少了，但是更加注重实际语言能力的考察了，所以同学们绝对不能放松对词汇的学习，以下是小编为大家搜素的有关acerbic的考法及近义词和反义词的整理。

　　acerbic: 辛辣的; 尖酸的; acid in temper, mood, or tone

　　1) sour or harsh in taste, mood, or temperament

　　2) having a sour or bitter taste or character

　　3) harsh or corrosive in tone

　　4) tasting sour; harsh in language or temper

　　Synonyms: acidic, caustic, harsh, sharpacerbic sweet, saccharin

　　Too much Bay Leaf will make the eggplant acerbic.

　　The babys mouth puckered when she was given the acerbic medicine.

　　The columnists acerbic comments about the First Lady drew a strong denunciation from the President.

　　1. The labor union and the companys management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly swift, albeit still tentative, agreement on next years contract.

　　2. He tried to hide his bad mood, but his acerbic reply gave his anger away.

　　adj. 酸涩的心情、心境或者语调： marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings

　　【例】 acerbic commentary 尖酸的评论

　　【近】 pungent, sardonic, satiric, scalding, scathing 

　　【反】 sweet, saccharin 甜的，糖精

　　【派】 acerbity n. 酸

　　shurburt is too acerbic for some people