pugnacious
adj. 好战的,好斗的,好挑衅的
Someone who is pugnacious is always ready to quarrel or start a fight.
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。
1. tough and callous by virtue of experience
2. ready and able to resort to force or violence;
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.
My normally easygoing personality turned pugnacious.
我惯常随和的性情变得暴躁了.
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.