pugnacious
发音
英 [pʌgˈneɪʃəs]
美 [pʌɡˈneʃəs]
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- adj.
- 好战的，好斗的，好挑衅的
单词词源
pugnacious 好斗的
来自拉丁语pugnus,拳头，来自pungere,刺，击，词源同point,pungent.引申词义好斗的。
双语例句
- 1. Russia will get a new president ( probably ) , but the petulantly pugnacious vladimir putin has no intention of bidding farewell to power .
- 俄罗斯将有一位新总统产生，但任性好斗的弗拉基米尔普京（vladimirputin）无意告别权力。
- 2. Egged on by the pugnacious london tabloids , the public voted to leave by a margin of 59 % to 41 % , and then handed the tories an absolute majority in the house of commons .
- 在好挑衅的伦敦小报的煽动下，支持退出欧盟的公众以59%对41%的票数获胜，并使托利党在下议院获得绝对多数席位。
- 3. President george w. bush 's response to the assault on the twin towers and the pentagon was to launch two wars of choice against afghanistan and iraq , a pugnacious unilateralism at the expense of alliances and international law , and a near evangelical promotion of liberal democracy in the middle east .
- 小布什总统（georgew.bush）对于双子塔和五角大楼被撞的回应，就是针对阿富汗和伊拉克发动了两场不必要的战争这种无视同盟关系、并践踏国际法的行为，是一种好战的单边主义并像传教士一样，在中东宣扬自由民主。