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

• 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。
• 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。
• I remind myself that the war in Iraq started with bellicose posturing and photographs.
  我提醒自己，伊拉克战争始于好斗的姿态和照片。
• Following the meeting, bellicose language in the Chinese media calmed down, and Chinese government ships avoided the waters around the islands for several days.
  那次会晤之后，中国媒体中的好战言论有所降温，中国公务船也数日避免进入争议岛屿周围水域。
• 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。
• 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。
• Eliminating him may be hard; with the backing of his bellicose tribe, in remote terrain, Mr Mehsud is a more formidable militant than those in Swat.
  消灭马哈苏德也许会很困难，有其好战部族在边远地区的支持，马哈苏德比那些斯瓦特武装分子更难对付。
• It beats bellicose rhetoric, of course, but Taiwan should hardly expect something for nothing.
  当然，这些来往好过恶语相向，但台湾不应期望白拿好处。
• 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。
• 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。