caustically, Oversight Committee

In a four-hour appearance before the House Oversight Committee Thursday, Mr. Greenspan encountered legislators who interrupted his answers, caustically read back his own words from years ago, and forced him to admit that, at least in some ways, his predictions and policies had been wrong.
周四在眾議院監管委員會(House Oversight Committee)歷時4個小時的聽証會上，議員們不時打斷格林斯潘的應答，語帶挖苦地復述他幾年前的言論，並強迫格林斯潘承認，他當年的預判和政策至少在某種程度上是錯誤的。

Definition

caustic (WORDS) Show phonetics
adjective
describes a remark or way of speaking that is hurtful, critical or intentionally unkind:
caustic comments
She's famous in the office for her caustic wit.

caustically Show phonetics

adv.In a caustic manner.