confrontational
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How to pronounce confrontational in British English:
英 [ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃnl]
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美 [ˌkɑnfrənˈteɪʃnl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to confrontation
单词词源
- confrontational (adj.)
- 1969, from confrontation + -al (1). Related: Confrontationally.
双语例句
- 1. But I feel uneasy about rejecting ideas for educational reform out of hand and in confrontational language .
- 2. But their fossilised political apparatus will struggle to contend with a more critical and confrontational public discourse .
- 3. Republicans note the confrontational way in which democrats secured passage of the health-care bill , via a devious parliamentary manoeuvre .
- 4. But underground catholic churches that are loyal to the pope and some of the more confrontational protestant house churches are also controlled tightly .
- 5. In contrast with earlier periods of the council 's history when loud confrontational debates were common most current debates occur in private .