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

• All of this was a world away from George W Bush, who was unable to address Muslims in a tone that was not bellicose or patronising.
  所有这些都与小布什有天壤之别，小布什是用好战的或者居高临下的语气对穆斯林讲话。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。