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warlike

/wawr-lahyk/US // ˈwɔrˌlaɪk //UK // (ˈwɔːˌlaɪk) //

好战的,好战,好战的人,好斗

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : fit, qualified, or ready for war; martial: a warlike fleet; warlike tribes.
    • : threatening or indicating war: a warlike tone.
    • : of or relating to war: a warlike expedition.

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Examples

  • Over time, however, Nixon’s rhetoric changed, and efforts became decidedly more warlike, with increased focus on using jail time to curb use.

  • So sure, running primaries against people like this can be called warlike acts.

  • Sending anything more warlike than a progressively increasing amount of American military aid and advisers was not in the cards.

  • One education professor said the song taught millions of children that "the only real patriotism is warlike activity."

  • The president's Oval Office address on the oil spill sounded more warlike than his speeches on Afghanistan.

  • They are “peaceful” because they are not warlike now—again, another ambiguity perpetrated by the regime.

  • In a warlike age this peacefulness of a monarch was the great and supernatural phenomenon.

  • What the armor-bearer was for the warlike races of old, such is the tchbukdi for their degenerate descendants.

  • There had been a round year of peace negotiations and futile truces, with warlike preparation in the background.

  • It was quite expected that his progress would be challenged, hence the warlike preparations.

  • At the same time, Robert must have heard of Edward's warlike preparations by land and sea.