belligerent

adjective

/bəˈlɪdʒərənt/

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aggressive and unfriendly好斗的；寻衅的；挑衅的 synonym hostile
- a belligerent attitude寻衅的态度
- He is always very belligerent towards me.他对我总是非常好斗。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
[only before noun] (formal) (of a country国家) fighting a war参战的；交战的
- the belligerent countries/states/nations交战各国
Topics War and conflictc2

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin belligerant- ‘waging war’, from the verb belligerare, from bellum ‘war’.

noun

/bəˈlɪdʒərənt/

(formal)

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a country or group that is fighting a war交战国；交战团体Topics War and conflictc2
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin belligerant- ‘waging war’, from the verb belligerare, from bellum ‘war’.