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bitter

🇬🇧/ˈbɪtə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈbɪtər/📚 3606 3四级考研托福雅思中考高考

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

...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。

The leaves taste rather bitter.
这些叶子尝起来相当苦。

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。

So an aversion to bitter may have helped our ancestors survive.
所以对苦的厌恶还可能挽救过我们祖先的生命呢。

单词造句:

复合词bitterly/ˈbɪtəli/adv. 残酷地；怨恨地；苦涩地，悲痛的

复合词bitterish/ˈbɪtərɪʃ/adj.稍苦的,带苦味的

复合词bitterness/ˈbɪtənəs/n. 苦味；苦难；怨恨

复数bitters/ˈbɪtəz/n. 苦味剂；苦味药；苦味补药

反义词sweet/swiːt/adj. 甜的；悦耳的；芳香的；亲切的； n. 糖果；乐趣；芳香；宝贝；（俚）酷毙了

易混淆batter/ˈbætə(r)/n. 击球手；（用鸡蛋、牛奶、面粉等调成的）糊状物；墙面的倾斜

易混淆better/ˈbetə(r)/n. 较好者；打赌的人（等于 bettor ）；长辈

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。}
The leaves taste rather bitter. ^{这些叶子尝起来相当苦。}
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。}
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。}