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: 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its ambassador to London warned early last month that the joint exercises may bring the peninsula "to the brink of war", echoing bellicose rhetoric that grabbed global media attention last year.
  上月初，朝鲜驻伦敦大使曾警告称，联合军演可能将朝鲜半岛拖到战争边缘。这与去年引起全球媒体注意的好战言论遥相呼应。
• As bellicose rival politicians rattled their kris in a recent fishing row with Malaysia, he was statesmanlike and calm.
  当来势汹汹的对手在最近与马来西亚的渔业纠纷中破口大骂之时，他却一派平静，颇有政治家之风。
• 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。
• His bellicose disposition alienated his friend.
  他生性好斗，他的朋友们都疏远了他。
• The next administration should not be distracted by the idea of a new international organisation to remake the world, nor another bellicose crusade for "Western values" with its inevitable delineation of new enemies.
  下一届美国政府不应被建立新国际机构重塑世界格局的一想法分散了注意力，也不应被另一场宣扬“西方价值观”的圣战所困扰这种圣战必然会树立新的敌人。
• 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。