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belligerent

adjective
🔊/bəˈlɪdʒərənt/
🔊/bəˈlɪdʒərənt/
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  1. 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.他总是对我好战。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  2. [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
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin belligerant- ‘waging war’, from the verb belligerare, from bellum ‘war’.

belligerent

noun
🔊/bəˈlɪdʒərənt/
🔊/bəˈlɪdʒərənt/
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  1. 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’.