a bellicose + noun
作定语，直接修饰名词，常用来描述言论、态度或风格。
The senator delivered a bellicose speech.
这位参议员发表了一篇好战的演讲。
好战的；好斗的
好战的；好斗的；咄咄逼人的。；好斗的,好战的；好斗的；[法] 好战的
warlike; aggressively hostile
好战的；好斗的；咄咄逼人的。
Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
好斗的,好战的
having or showing a ready disposition to fight
The diplomat tried to calm the bellicose leader, but his threats only grew louder.
这位外交官试图安抚那个好战的领导人，但对方的威胁反而越来越大声。
用法提示：bellicose 修饰 leader，表示该领导人具有好战倾向。
AI contextual example
Her bellicose remarks at the meeting offended many colleagues and created a hostile atmosphere.
她在会议上的好斗言论冒犯了许多同事，营造了敌对的气氛。
用法提示：bellicose 修饰 remarks，形容言论充满挑衅和好斗。
AI contextual example
Despite his bellicose appearance, the elderly general was actually a man of peace behind closed doors.
尽管他外表好斗，这位年迈的将军私下里其实是个热爱和平的人。
用法提示：bellicose 修饰 appearance，强调外表呈现出的好斗特征。
AI contextual example
作定语，直接修饰名词，常用来描述言论、态度或风格。
The senator delivered a bellicose speech.
这位参议员发表了一篇好战的演讲。
作表语，说明主语表现出的好斗态度。
His comments seemed unnecessarily bellicose.
他的言论显得没有必要地好斗。
用 toward(s) 引出敌对态度所指向的对象。
The government grew bellicose toward its neighbors.
该国政府对邻国变得好战起来。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new leader is a bellicose.
正确表达The new leader is bellicose.
bellicose 只能作形容词，不能像汉语“好战”那样单独当名词用，也不能与冠词 a 连用；这里应删去冠词，让形容词直接作表语。
grammar · medium
易错句子His tone grew bellicoser as the argument went on.
正确表达His tone grew more bellicose as the argument went on.
bellicose 是多音节形容词，比较级要用 more + 原级构成，不能加 -er；英语中三音节及以上的形容词都借助 more。
grammar · medium
易错句子The two countries were bellicose each other for years.
正确表达The two countries were bellicose toward each other for years.
形容词 bellicose 后面不能直接跟宾语，表示“对……好战”必须借助介词 toward（或 to）；原句缺少这个介词，each other 无法与形容词直接相连。
belligerent 更常用、语域更广，可指人当下的敌对态度或交战国；bellicose 更正式，多指国家、政策或言论中长期尚武好战的倾向。两者描述国家敌对时可重叠，不能绝对区分。
pugnacious 偏正式，常形容个人爱争吵、爱争斗的性情；bellicose 更强调尚武好战，常用于国家、军事政策或战争言论。形容个人时两者可重叠，但 pugnacious 更突出争辩倾向。
combative 可指辩论、体育或审讯中积极好斗、爱争辩的状态，不一定涉及战争；bellicose 的敌对好战意味更强，常带军事或政治色彩。描述争辩风格时两者接近，但 combative 不必然表示尚武。
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