acerb

1. A few media may be compared when interview euphemistic, the question that raise is not quite acerb.
   一些媒体在采访时可能会比较委婉，提出的问题不太尖锐。
2. In the development process of this year, medium and small businesses was faced with more acerb contradiction on capital.
   在本年度的发展过程中，中小企业在资金上面临了更加尖锐的矛盾。
3. The user viewpoint inside forum very original or it is very acerb, can cause user resonance.
   共鸣。论坛内的用户观点很独到或是很尖锐，能够引起用户共鸣。
4. The strike with acerb contradictory conflict, massive labour and capital, shut out, make both sides of labour and capital internecine.
   尖锐的劳资矛盾冲突、大规模的罢工、闭厂，使得劳资双方两败俱伤。
5. However this is not acerb, the contradiction that cannot coordinate.
   然而这并不是尖锐的、不可协调的矛盾。
6. Increasingly acerb contradiction of petroleum supply and demand is the internal driving force for Chinese petroleum enterprises to carry out foreign direct investment strategies.
   日益尖锐的石油供需矛盾，是中国石油企业实施对外直接投资战略的内在驱动力。
7. Farmland is decreasing year by year, the contradiction between people and land is acerb with each passing day.
   耕地面积逐年减少，人地矛盾同趋尖锐。

adj

1. 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:    acerbicacidacridbitterblisteringcausticsulfuroussulphurousvirulentvitriolic

2. sour or bitter in taste

   Synonym:    acerbicastringent