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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - His bellicose disposition alienated his friend.
他生性好斗，他的朋友们都疏远了他。 - 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。