pugnacious

GRE畅通词汇

英 [pʌg'neɪʃəs] 美[pʌg'neʃəs]

释义

adj. 好斗的，好战的

词态变化

副词: pugnaciously;名词: pugnacity;

近义词

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1. pugnacious---派哥来事儿的----"派哥们儿来事儿的、来找茬的"（来事儿是找茬的意思）---好斗的

中文词源

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。

英文词源

pugnacious: pugnacious: [17] Latin pugnus meant ‘fist’ (it may have been related to Greek pugmé ‘fist’, source of English pygmy). From it was derived the verb pugnāre ‘hit with the fist’, hence ‘fight’, which has given English impugn [14], repugnant [14], and, via the further derivative pugnāx ‘fond of fighting’, pugnacious.
=> impugn, repugnant
pugnacious (adj.): 1640s, a back-formation from pugnacity or else from Latin pugnacis, genitive of pugnax "combative, fond of fighting," from pugnare "to fight," especially with the fists, "contend against," from pugnus "a fist," from PIE *pung-, nasalized form of root *peuk-, *peug- "to stick, stab, to prick" (cognates: Greek pyx "with clenched fist," pygme "fist, boxing," pyktes "boxer;" Latin pungere "to pierce, prick").

双语例句

1. The President was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to journalists about the rebellion.: 总统和记者说起叛乱时，情绪激昂。

2. Laziness makes people irascible, and Xiangzi now grew pugnacious.: 懒,能使人脾气大.祥子现在知道怎样对人瞪眼.

5. As a child he was pugnacious and fought with everyone.: 作为一个孩子,他好斗,并与大家战斗.

英英释意

2. ready and able to resort to force or violence;: "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"

实用场景例句

The President was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to journalists about the rebellion.: 总统和记者说起叛乱时，情绪激昂。

There were also pugnacious certainties guaranteed to incite the war's critics.: 其中好战的言论肯定能激怒战争评论家.

Bellicose: Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.: 好战的: 在行为方式或性格上好战的; 好斗的.

But Mr Kennedy, despite his pugnacious liberal reputation, wrote many bills with Republican colleagues, too.: 尽管好斗的自由派名声在外, 但肯尼迪先生也为共和党同仁递交了很多的法案.

When he was a child , he was pugnacious and fought with everyone.: 他小时候很好斗,跟每个人都打过架.

Laziness makes people irascible, and Xiangzi now grew pugnacious.: 懒,能使人脾气大.祥子现在知道怎样对人瞪眼.

The President was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to journalists about the rebellion.: 总统和记者说起叛乱时，情绪激昂。