【belligerent】 - A-level备考词汇

belligerent

UK:  [bə'lɪdʒərənt]

US:  [bə'lɪdʒ(ə)rənt]

复数：belligerents  

adj.

1.交战中的;交战国的

2.交战(的),参战的

3.好战的,好斗的

4.敌对

5.争斗,好斗成性;斗气似的;斗志旺盛的;反唇相讥

n.

1.交战国;交战的一方

1 . The two belligerent parties were ready to battle it out.
交战双方准备决一雌雄。

2 . Each belligerent has a strong motivation to hit the enemy hard to show that it values victory very highly.
这就解释了双方都有很强的动机严厉打击敌人，让对方知道已方抗争到底争取胜利的决心。

3 . He is said to be spoiled and belligerent, precisely the kind of man you don't want to have with a small nuclear arsenal at his disposal.
据说这位小王子是被宠坏的并且是好斗的，正是你不想让一个小型核武库由他处置的那种人。

4 . Why the young rancher, irascible, obstinate, belligerent, should invariably defer to the poet, was an inconsistency never to be explained.
这位年轻的农庄主人，脾气急躁，生性固执，动不动喜欢吵架，竟然会始终对这诗人唯命是听，真是一个无从解释的矛盾。

5 . Tom had entered a belligerent phase--he would yell gibberish, annoyed and angry, and we could not decipher what he was trying to say.
汤姆已进入暴躁阶段--他会叽哩咕噜地嚷着、烦躁不安、怒气冲冲，我们无法明白他想说什么。