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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 bellicose disposition alienated his friend.
  他生性好斗，他的朋友们都疏远了他。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Despite occasional bellicose reactions to what it regards as provocations, China still harbours no ambition to be a hegemonic power.
  尽管在认为受到挑衅时，中国偶尔也会表现得好斗，但它并没有称霸的野心。