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。
• His life, only to find their militant existent meaning, it's because he bellicose.
  他的一生好战，只为找寻自己存在的意义，正是因为他好战。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。