bitter /ˈbɪtə/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely. 激烈的

  例：

  ...the scene of bitter fighting during the Second World War.

  …第二次世界大战期间激烈的战斗场面。

  例：

  ...a bitter attack on the government's failure to support manufacturing.

  …对政府未能支持制造业的猛烈抨击。

• 2. 

  bitterly ADV 激烈地

  例：

  Any such thing would be bitterly opposed by most of the world's democracies.

  任何此类事件都将受到世界上绝大多数民主国家的强烈反对。

• 3. 

  ADJ If someone is bitter after a disappointing experience or after being treated unfairly, they continue to feel angry about it. 依然愤怒的

  例：

  She is said to be very bitter about the way she was fired.

  据说她对自己被解雇的方式仍很气愤。

• 4. 

  bitterly ADV 依然愤怒地

  例：

  "And he sure didn't help us," Grant said bitterly.

  “他确实没有帮助过我们，”格兰特仍很气愤地说。

• 5. 

  ADJ A bitter taste is sharp, not sweet, and often slightly unpleasant. 苦的

  例：

  The leaves taste rather bitter.

  这些叶子尝起来相当苦。

• 6. 

  ADJ A bitter experience makes you feel very disappointed. You can also use bitter to emphasize feelings of disappointment. 惨痛的

  例：

  The decision was a bitter blow from which he never quite recovered.

  这个决定是个沉重的打击，他一直没有完全恢复过来。

  例：

  A great deal of bitter experience had taught him how to lose gracefully.

  大量痛苦的经历已经教会了他如何体面地认输。

• 7. 

  bitterly ADV 惨痛地

  例：

  I was bitterly disappointed to have lost yet another race so near the finish.

  我感到痛心沮丧，在那么接近终点的情形下又输掉了一场比赛。

• 8. 

  ADJ Bitter weather, or a bitter wind, is extremely cold. 严寒的; 刺骨的

  例：

  Outside, a bitter east wind was accompanied by flurries of snow.

  外面，凛冽的东风挟着阵阵小雪。

• 9. 

  bitterly ADV 严寒地; 刺骨地 [ADV adj]

  例：

  It's been bitterly cold here in Moscow.

  在莫斯科这里，天气一直极其寒冷。

• 10. 

  a bitter pill →see pill