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Militant Peak Latin Column Hill Top Rise Cul

正面 7829.militant
英 ['mɪlɪt(ə)nt]美 ['mɪlɪtənt]

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释义:
adj. 好战的n. 富有战斗性的人;好斗者;激进分子
例句:
1. The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.言辞激烈的右翼领袖在会后收敛了他的好战言论。

1. excel / excellent => cell- / -cel "rise, be high, rise high" (Latin cellere (pp. celsus) "rise, be high"), cognate with Latin collis "hill", English hill, column, culminate.2. => hill, cul- "hill, top, peak, summit", col- "pillar, column, projecting object".3. => cul- + -men- / -min- "passive suffix" => culmen / culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit".4. Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit".5. => col- + -umn (-omen-在此单词中的变体) (与单词 alumnus 类同,进行对照理解和记忆) => column "pillar, column, projecting object".6. culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit" + -ate => culminate.
militant 好斗者,好战的,激进的来自military,军事的,军队的,-ant,人。引申词义好斗者,好战的,激进的等。
militant (adj.)early 15c., "fighting, engaged in warfare," from Middle French militant "fighting," from Latin militantem (nominative militans), present participle of militare "serve as a soldier" (see militate), originally especially in Church militant. Related: Militantly.militant (n.)"one engaged in war or strife," c. 1600, from militant (adj.); in a political sense, it is attested by 1907."

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