Pugnacious
[pʌg'neɪʃəs] or [pʌg'neʃəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) ready and able to resort to force or violence; 'pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance'- Herman Melville; 'they were rough and determined fighting men' .
雅克校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.
科迪莉亚整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Quarrelsome, fighting, contentious.
錄入:斯威尼
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Quarrelsome, bellicose, contentious
ANT:Peaceable, conciliatory, suavity
埃伦校對
解釋/意思:
adj. fond of fighting: combative: quarrelsome.—adv. Pugnā′ciously.—n. Pugnac′ity readiness or inclination to fight: fondness for fighting: quarrelsomeness.
校對:卢瑟
例句/造句/用法:
- They are natives of the southeast of Asia and are remarkable for their pugnacious propensities. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- For Glaucon, who is always the most pugnacious of men, was dissatisfied at Thrasymachus' retirement; he wanted to have the battle out. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Or if honour or victory or courage, in that case the judgment of the ambitious or pugnacious would be the truest? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
校對:卢瑟