【bellicose】 - A-level备考词汇

bellicose

UK:  ['belɪ.kəʊs]

US:  ['belɪkoʊs]

adj.

1.好战的,爱打架的,好斗的

1 . The bellicose belle with beige skin was one of my beloved belongings.
这个有着浅褐色肌肤好战的美女是我一项心爱的财产。

2 . But bellicose intercontinental ballistic missiles were not the only spawn of Sputnik's launch. There was also the satellite itself.
洲际弹道导弹不是太空竞赛的唯一产物，卫星也是。

3 . European integration has already transformed most of a famously bellicose continent into a stable zone of peace.
欧洲整合已经基本上把一个以好战出名的大陆转化为一个和平稳定的地区了。

4 . That said, Americans want a tough president, not a psychopath: some of her Republican rivals remain worryingly bellicose.
这表示，美国需要一位强硬的总统而不是一位脑子不好用的好战分子：令人担忧的是，一些民主党候选人依然有好斗的习性。

5 . 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。