bellicose
英 [ˈbelɪkəʊs]
美 [ˈbelɪkoʊs]
adj. 好争辩的; 好斗的; 好战的
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.- 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。
- He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.
英英释义
adj
- having or showing a ready disposition to fight
- bellicose young officers
- a combative impulse
- a contentious nature
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。 - 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。 - 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。 - On numerous occasions, senior regime figures have chastised the country's feisty populist president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for stirring up needless trouble with his bellicose rhetoric.
在许多场合，年老的政治家都会指责走平民路线的坏脾气总统MahmoudAhmadinejad用自己好战的辞藻煽动制造出毫无必要麻烦。 - 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。 - Also, I have got to mention such unwise and bellicose leaders of an island country& Japan.
还有，我不得不说一说岛国日本那些既好战又不明智的领导人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。