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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。