acerbic

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They were both heavyset and inclined toward a projection of light amusement, although hers seemed more acerbic.
他们都很粗壮，并且心理投影都倾向轻娱乐，尽管她的看起来更尖刻。
Written after a short visit to the UK (his first), his essay is not just witty and acerbic, it is humblingly observant.
此文写于他（首次）短暂访问英国之后。他的散文不仅诙谐尖刻，其观察之细致入微也足以令人汗颜。
Ghani, clad in a traditional white cape and tunic, was acerbic and provocative.
穿着传统白色披肩和长罩衫的盖尼显得尖刻并富有煽动性。

Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's clever and acerbic ambassador to the EU, wonders what European values really are.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
The anecdotes of Jim's gruff criticisms, his searing, acerbic comments on writers' stories, are legion.
FORBES: James W. Michaels
Mr Burleigh discards his academic gown and becomes more his other self, an acerbic columnist.
ECONOMIST: Terrorism

used to describe something that is spoken or written in a way that is direct, clever, and cruel