| 英语单词 | belligerent |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [bə'lɪdʒərənt] 美 [bə'lɪdʒərənt] |
| 中文释义 | adj.好战的;交战的 n.交战国;交战者 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Tom always said some very belligerent things. (2) The belligerent countries are having difficulties funding the war. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 汤姆他老是说些十分挑衅性的话。 (2) 交战国在为战争提供资金上有困难。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If someone is belligerent, they're eager to fight. It's a good idea to avoid hardcore hockey fans after their team loses — they tend to be belligerent. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Belligerent comes from the Latin word bellum, for "war." You can use it to talk about actual wars — the nations taking part in a war are called belligerents — but usually belligerent describes a psychological disposition. If you're running a school for aggressive boys, do plenty of arts and crafts to prevent them from becoming too belligerent. The stress is on the second syllable: bə-LIJ-ə-rənt. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人)好战的,好斗的,寻衅的 A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
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2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]交战国;交战方 The belligerents in a war are the countries or groups that are fighting each other. [FORMAL 正式]
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