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aggressiveness

/uh-gres-iv/US // əˈgrɛs ɪv //UK // (əˈɡrɛsɪv) //

攻击性,侵略性,攻击力,霸气

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
    • : making an all-out effort to win or succeed; competitive: an aggressive basketball player.
    • : vigorously energetic, especially in the use of initiative and forcefulness: an aggressive salesperson.
    • : boldly assertive and forward; pushy: an aggressive driver.
    • : emphasizing maximum growth and capital gains over quality, security, and income: an aggressive mutual fund.
    • : Medicine/Medical. growing or spreading rapidly; highly invasive; difficult or impossible to treat successfully: aggressive brain lesions.pertaining to a risky surgery or treatment, or to a medication that has grave side effects: aggressive chemotherapy.
    • : spreading more rapidly than is desirable; tending to spread where not wanted: The joe-pye weed may be too aggressive to contain in the small area you’ve designated.

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Examples

  • So the next step could be exploring whether or not the more aggressive caterpillars grow into aggressive butterflies, he says.

  • Meanwhile, the delta’s tigers are becoming more aggressive because of the changing climate, Mondol says.

  • When we looked at this 12 months ago, we were looking at an aggressive strategy to build on the strengths we have.

  • That’s given Republicans an electoral advantage, which they’ve in turn used to stack electoral rules in their favor through aggressive gerrymandering, favorable Supreme Court decisions, and more.

  • It’s a not-so-scientific theory from Freud’s 1920 book Beyond the Pleasure Principle that suggests people exhibit this instinct outwardly, with actions that are aggressive, risky, or harmful.

  • Nothing compares to the lack of transparency, and the aggressiveness of this administration.

  • Note the grabbing aggressiveness of the hands as she is led into the netherworld, particularly the one in between her legs.

  • Randy was channeling his alleged aggressiveness into expanding the business to Chicago.

  • But he hurt himself with a chip-on-the-shoulder demeanor and attack-dog aggressiveness against Mitt Romney.

  • It serves us well in our home city, but perhaps gives us an unwanted air of paranoia and aggressiveness in, say, Hailey, Idaho.

  • The percept has an aggressiveness which does not belong to the image.

  • As in the preceding period, the aggressiveness of the trade societies eventually gave rise to combative masters' associations.

  • My most vigorous applications of the rod appear powerless to curb this aggressiveness.

  • Meanwhile the teachers in the State schools increased in boldness and aggressiveness.

  • And Sally answered, with a little fright at the sudden aggressiveness she had procured.