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be truculent
truculent 作表语，描述某人或某物的态度凶狠、爱挑衅。
He was truculent during the negotiation.
他在谈判期间表现得好斗。
好斗的；野蛮的；粗暴的
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好斗的；野蛮的；粗暴的
defiantly aggressive
He was truculent during the negotiation.
他在谈判期间表现得好斗。
残忍的；野蛮的
Cruel or savage.
挑衅性的好斗
defiantly aggressive
挑衅的；不妥协的
Defiant or uncompromising.
好斗的；动辄争吵或打架的
Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict.
The truculent dog barked at every stranger who came near the garden.
那条好斗的狗对每个走近花园的陌生人都吠叫。
AI contextual example
My neighbor became truculent when I asked him to turn down the music.
当我请邻居把音乐关小点时，他变得粗暴好斗。
AI contextual example
The manager's truculent tone made the staff afraid to ask questions.
经理粗暴好斗的语气让员工们不敢提问。
AI contextual example
a truculent speech against the new government
一篇猛烈抨击新政府的演说。
WordNet
truculent 作表语，描述某人或某物的态度凶狠、爱挑衅。
He was truculent during the negotiation.
他在谈判期间表现得好斗。
truculent 作前置定语，修饰名词，表示‘好斗的、蛮横的’。
She responded with a truculent tone.
她用一种粗暴的语气回应。
Not this
The disease is truculent.
Use this
The disease is fatal.
truculent 的意思是‘好斗的、凶猛的’，并没有‘致命的’这一义项；此错误源于词典中‘致命的’这一误译。表示‘致命的’应使用 fatal 或 deadly。
Not this
He is a truculent.
Use this
He is a truculent person.
truculent 是形容词，不能单独用作名词。英语中表示‘一个……的人’需要用‘a/an + 形容词 + 名词’的结构，因此应补上名词 person。
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好斗的态度；咄咄逼人的态度
His truculent attitude made everyone at the meeting uncomfortable.
他咄咄逼人的态度让与会者都感到不自在。
粗暴的行为
The coach warned the player that truculent behavior would not be tolerated.
教练警告那名球员，粗暴的行为是不会被容忍的。
凶狠的语气
She answered in a truculent tone, daring him to argue.
她用凶狠的语气回答，激他反驳。
好斗的少年
The truculent teenager refused to follow any of the rules.
那个好斗的少年拒绝遵守任何规则。
凶悍的举止
Despite his truculent demeanor, he was secretly quite shy.
尽管他举止凶悍，其实内心很害羞。
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记 truculent：tru- 像 truck（卡车），想象卡车横冲直撞，野蛮好斗。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式评论、文学文本 truculent 是比较正式的词，多用于书面语或正式评论中，表示好斗、挑衅的态度，日常口语中较少见。
Only 'succulent' /ˈsʌkjələnt/ rhymes with 'truculent' /ˈtrʌkjələnt/: both have the stressed vowel /ʌ/ and ending /kjələnt/. The other '-ulent' words are spelling lookalikes but have different stressed vowels (e.g., /ɔː/, /ɒ/, /ɜː/), so they do not rhyme.
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