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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They forgot that they had assulted as far too bellicose the same foreign policy that five years later they denounced as strategic retreat.
  他们忘记了他们曾经猛烈抨击外交政策太好战，而在五年之后，他们又把同样的外交政策斥之为战略撤退。