bellicose

英 [ˈbelɪkəʊs]

美 [ˈbelɪkoʊs]

adj.  好争辩的; 好斗的; 好战的

GRE法律

BNC.34099 / COCA.24633

牛津词典

adj.

• 好争辩的；好斗的；好战的
  having or showing a desire to argue or fight

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 好斗的；好战的；好争吵的
  You usebellicoseto refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
  1. He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.
     他对政府越来越具挑衅性的声明表示担忧。

英英释义

adj

• having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  1. bellicose young officers
  2. a combative impulse
  3. a contentious nature
  Synonym:battlefulcombative

双语例句

• Indeed, in marked contrast to the run-up to the Iraq war, the British and the French are more bellicose than the Americans.
  事实上，与伊拉克战争前夕形成鲜明对比的是，英国人和法国人此次摆出了比美国人更好斗的姿态。
• North Korea has struck an unusually bellicose stance with its rich southern neighbour recently.
  朝鲜最近对其富裕的南部邻国采取了异常好斗的姿态。
• On the North Korean menace, meanwhile, Mr Obama is conforming to a 20-year pattern of US deference to China which has enabled a bellicose, nuclear Pyongyang.
  此外，在朝鲜威胁这点上，奥巴马正在遵循顺从中国这个已持续了20年的模式，而正是这种模式造就了一个好战的、拥有核武器的平壤。
• Bellicose: Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious. Live for the present and the good things which are going to happen in your life.
  好战的：在行为方式或性格上好战的；好斗的。为了现在，为了日后生活中的美好事物，好好活着。
• An extreme bellicose nationalist.
  极端好斗的国家主义者。
• The announcement came after bellicose North Korean rhetoric earlier in the day, which threatened military action against South Korea for violating a disputed maritime border.
  朝鲜发表上述声明之前，曾在昨日早些时候发表了好战言论，扬言要对韩国侵犯一条有争议的海上边界之举采取军事行动。
• But the bellicose comments out of the Iranian military have had an unintended consequence at home.
  伊朗军方的好战言论在国内造成了一个意想不到的后果。
• Also, I have got to mention such unwise and bellicose leaders of an island country& Japan.
  还有，我不得不说一说岛国日本那些既好战又不明智的领导人。
• He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.
  他对政府越来越具挑衅性的声明表示担忧。
• So the South Korean decision-makers believe now that toughness worked, and the Seoul public, which has been unusually bellicose recently, largely shares this opinion.
  因此韩国决策者现在相信，强硬立场奏效了，而最近异常好战的韩国公众大多同意这种观点。