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单词 casus belli
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casus belli


ca·sus bel·li

C0151400 (kā′səs bĕl′ī, kä′səs bĕl′ē)n. pl. casus belli An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.
[New Latin cāsus bellī : Latin cāsus, occasion + Latin bellī, genitive of bellum, war.]

casus belli

(ˈkɑːsʊs ˈbɛliː) n, pl casus belli (ˈkɑːsʊs ˈbɛliː) 1. (Military) an event or act used to justify a war2. the immediate cause of a quarrel[literally: occasion of war]

ca•sus bel•li

(ˈkeɪ səs ˈbɛl aɪ, ˈbɛl i; Lat. ˈkɑ sʊs ˈbɛl li)

n., pl. ca•sus bel•li (ˈkeɪ səs ˈbɛl aɪ, ˈbɛl i; Lat. ˈkɑ sus ˈbɛl li) an event or political occurrence that brings about or is used to validate a declaration of war. [1840–50; < New Latin: literally, occurrence of war]

casus belli

A Latin phrase meaning occasion of war, used to mean a reason or excuse for going to war or beginning a dispute.
Thesaurus
Noun1.casus belli - an event used to justify starting a warbeginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"

Casus Belli


Casus Belli

 

a term used in diplomacy to designate an event or fact serving as a direct formal ground or pretext for the declaration of a state of war. For example, the casus belli for World War I was the murder in Sarajevo of the Austrian archduke Ferdinand.

casus belli


Casus Belli

[Latin, Cause of war.] A term used in International Law to describe an event or occurrence giving rise to or justifying war.

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War.

casus belli

‘cause of war’, the event that is said to justify a war.

casus belli


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noun an event used to justify starting a war

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