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bel·lig·er·ent AHD[bə-lĭjʹər-ənt] D.J.[bəˈlɪdʒərənt]K.K.[bəˈlɪdʒərənt]adj.（形容词）- Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.好战的：倾向于或渴望战斗的；敌对的或爱寻衅的
- Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.交战的：战争的、关于或陷入交战中的
n.（名词）- One that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war.交战者：敌对的或爱寻衅的人或一方，尤指参与战争者
- Latin belligerāns belligerant- [present participle of] belligerāre [to wage war] 拉丁语 belligerāns belligerant- belligerāre的现在分词 [进行战争]
- from belliger [warlike] 源自 belliger [好战的]
- bellum [war] bellum [战争]
- gerere [to make] gerere [制造]
belligʹerently adv.（副词）belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome- These adjectives are compared as they mean having or showing an eagerness to fight.这些形容词用来比喻具有或显示了对战斗的渴望。
- Belligerent may specify actual engagement in combat (tried to arrange a truce between the belligerent nations), or it may refer to a tendency to hostile behavior (A belligerent reporter badgered the President for the facts). Belligerent 可以特指确实参与在战斗中（交战两国努力达成休战协议）， 或者可以指敌对行为的倾向（一名好寻衅的记者就一些事实纠缠总统）。
- Bellicose and pugnacious suggest a natural disposition to fight: Bellicose 和 pugnacious 意指存有对战斗的自然倾向："All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced upon them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else" (H.L. Mencken). “所有成功的报纸都是不停地发牢骚的和好斗的。如果能够避免，他们从不卫护任何人或任何事。如果要强迫他们这么做，他们就通过斥责别人或别的事来解决问题” （H.L.麦肯）。 A retired litigator misses the challenge to her pugnacious intellect.一位退休的诉讼人怀念对其好斗才智的挑战。
- Contentious implies chronic argumentativeness: Contentious 意指惯常的好争辩： "His style has been described variously as abrasive and contentious, overbearing and pompous" (Victor Merina). “他的风格有时被描述为令人讨厌和好争论的，有时又被形容为傲慢和自负的” （维克多·梅里纳）。
- Quarrelsome suggests bad temper and a perverse readiness to bicker and quarrel: Quarrelsome 意指坏脾气和对争论或争吵具有违反常情的机敏： "On the days they worked they were good-natured and cheerful, and . . . they spent the evening jollily; but on our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome" (Benjamin Franklin).“工作的日子他们脾气又好，又愉快，并且…快乐地度过夜晚；但当闲暇时，他们捣乱造反，喜好争吵” （本杰明·弗兰克林）
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