【belligerence】 - A-level备考词汇

belligerence

UK:  [bə'lɪdʒərəns]

US:  [bə'lɪdʒərəns]

n.

1.好战性

2.好斗;穷兵黩武

3.交战,战争行为

1 . Some of his crabby belligerence may have been prompted by the ill-health and awful accidents that dogged his wife and children.
他的身体欠佳和他妻子和孩子们遭遇的可怕事故可能已经加剧了他的执拗好战。

2 . His reputation for savagery and belligerence is nothing but a myth.
他的野蛮好斗的名声纯系神话。

3 . Henceforth it will find it a lot harder to hide its belligerence behind America's unpopularity.
以后它将发现，要把自己的好战之心隐藏在美国的不得人心背后，将会困难得多。

4 . Mr. Obama said threats and belligerence would not earn prestige and respect for the communist North, and that Pyongyang has an alternative.
奥巴马总统说，威胁和好战不能给北韩这个共产党国家带来声誉和尊重，然而平壤有其他的选择。

5 . Japan bore the brunt of Chinese belligerence in September 2010, when a Chinese fishing trawler rammed one of its coast guard boats.
2010年9月，日中两国卷入冲突，一艘中国拖网渔船撞上了日本海岸警卫队的一艘舰船。