英语词汇“belligerent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

belligerent

/bəˈlɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)nt

adjective

1Hostile and aggressive: the mood at the meeting was belligerent...

And I think we do need to hear what they are saying because they act as a restraint to an aggressive or belligerent response’.
He's a good footballer but he's not very aggressive, not very belligerent and I'd like to think that with 20-odd caps he'd be a bit more aggressive than he is.
In arguments they are emotionally very aggressive - belligerent, contemptuous, insulting.

Synonyms

hostile, aggressive, threatening, antagonistic, pugnacious, bellicose, truculent, confrontational, argumentative, quarrelsome, disputatious, contentious, militant, combative;

quick-tempered, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, irascible, captious

informal spoiling for a fight

British informal stroppy, bolshie

North American informal scrappy

North American vulgar slang pissy

rare oppugnant

1.1Engaged in a war or conflict, as recognized by international law: a conference of socialists from all belligerent countries...

It is based upon the customary international laws of belligerent occupation, including the Hague Regulations.
It is widely recognized that access by belligerent groups to the gains from drug production and trafficking contributes to the intensity and prolongation of military conflict.
Take also the case of lawful belligerent reprisals (for example, the use of prohibited weapons).

Synonyms

warring, at war, combatant, fighting, battling, contending, conflicting, clashing, quarrelling;

militant, militaristic, martial, warlike, warmongering, sabre-rattling, hawkish, gung-ho

informal at each other's throats

noun

A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law: ships and goods captured at sea by a belligerent...

Moreover, as against states not parties to an international armed conflict, belligerents enjoy no special privileges and remain bound by general rules of international law.
In rejecting this challenge, the Court drew the distinction between the common law notion of lawful and unlawful belligerents.
The customary laws of war, when adapted for conflict with unlawful belligerents, must always incorporate rules of humanitarian restraint.

Derivatives

belligerently

/bəˈlɪdʒərəntli

/ adverb ...

‘Don't even think about asking,’ he cautioned belligerently.
But she later changed tack, reverting to a belligerently confrontational stance.
‘I never started explaining,’ Penelope pointed out belligerently.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin belligerant- 'waging war', from the verb belligerare, from bellum 'war'.

单词	belligerent
释义	belligerent /bəˈlɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)nt / adjective 1Hostile and aggressive: the mood at the meeting was belligerent... And I think we do need to hear what they are saying because they act as a restraint to an aggressive or belligerent response’. He's a good footballer but he's not very aggressive, not very belligerent and I'd like to think that with 20-odd caps he'd be a bit more aggressive than he is. In arguments they are emotionally very aggressive - belligerent, contemptuous, insulting. Synonyms hostile, aggressive, threatening, antagonistic, pugnacious, bellicose, truculent, confrontational, argumentative, quarrelsome, disputatious, contentious, militant, combative; quick-tempered, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, irascible, captious informal spoiling for a fight British informal stroppy, bolshie North American informal scrappy North American vulgar slang pissy rare oppugnant 1.1Engaged in a war or conflict, as recognized by international law: a conference of socialists from all belligerent countries... It is based upon the customary international laws of belligerent occupation, including the Hague Regulations. It is widely recognized that access by belligerent groups to the gains from drug production and trafficking contributes to the intensity and prolongation of military conflict. Take also the case of lawful belligerent reprisals (for example, the use of prohibited weapons). Synonyms warring, at war, combatant, fighting, battling, contending, conflicting, clashing, quarrelling; militant, militaristic, martial, warlike, warmongering, sabre-rattling, hawkish, gung-ho informal at each other's throats noun A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law: ships and goods captured at sea by a belligerent... Moreover, as against states not parties to an international armed conflict, belligerents enjoy no special privileges and remain bound by general rules of international law. In rejecting this challenge, the Court drew the distinction between the common law notion of lawful and unlawful belligerents. The customary laws of war, when adapted for conflict with unlawful belligerents, must always incorporate rules of humanitarian restraint. Derivatives belligerently /bəˈlɪdʒərəntli / adverb ... ‘Don't even think about asking,’ he cautioned belligerently. But she later changed tack, reverting to a belligerently confrontational stance. ‘I never started explaining,’ Penelope pointed out belligerently. Origin Late 16th century: from Latin belligerant- 'waging war', from the verb belligerare, from bellum 'war'. Rhymes refrigerant
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belligerent

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belligerently

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