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

• An extreme bellicose nationalist.
  极端好斗的国家主义者。
• 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。
• The chant "you're going home in an ambulance" now sounds less like a bellicose and implausible threat and more like a statement of fact.
  “你将搭乘救护车回家”的球迷歌曲现在听上去更像是陈述事实，而不是好战的和不真实的威胁。
• The US military is not planning a pre-emptive attack on Iran in spite of an increase in bellicose rhetoric from Washington, according to senior officers.
  美军高官称，尽管华盛顿好战论调有所升级，但美军并未计划对伊朗实施先发制人的打击。
• Faber had imagined them to be young, fit, aggressive and bellicose as well as clever.
  在费伯的想象中，他们都是年富力强，逞能好斗，聪明伶俐的人。
• These four super powers came to terms of trade and co-existed more or less peacefully, despite some grim tensions between them regarding their bellicose past.
  尽管以前的战争导致四个之间超级大国至今摩擦不断，他们达成了贸易协议，并保证了一定的和平。
• His bellicose disposition alienated his friend.
  他生性好斗，他的朋友们都疏远了他。
• Bellicose young officers; a combative impulse; a contentious nature.
  好战的年轻军官；好战的冲动；好战的性格。
• The existence of rules in the bullfight makes the bullfight a unique form of art. Bellicose: Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
  斗牛中规则的出现使斗牛成为一种独一无二的艺术形式。好战的：在行为方式或性格上好战的；好斗的。
• The South has been safer than in decades. Bellicose words are often followed by calmer ones.
  多年来，南苏丹是一个比较安全的地方，好战宣言说出之后通常都会得到及时的补救。