pugnacious
pugnacious 英 [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] 美 [pʌɡˈneʃəs]
adj. 好斗的，好战的
He came to us from Barbour County, a pugnacious little man named George Wallace who promised to protect us from the outside agitators who were coming down here to destroy our way of life. 乔治.华莱士是个好斗的小个子男人，来自巴勃县。 他告诉我们正有外来的煽动者来到这儿想要破坏我们的生活，并许诺会保护我们。
- Pugnacious means ready for a fight. If you're pugnacious, you might find it hard to make friends. On the other hand, you might be a very successful professional boxer one day.
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- adj. 好斗的，好战的
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1. He came to us from Barbour County, a pugnacious little man named George Wallace who promised to protect us from the outside agitators who were coming down here to destroy our way of life.
乔治.华莱士是个好斗的小个子男人，来自巴勃县。 他告诉我们正有外来的煽动者来到这儿想要破坏我们的生活，并许诺会保护我们。
- 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- "to prick."
pug·na·cious / pʌɡˈneɪʃəs ; NAmE pʌɡˈneɪʃəs / adjective ( formal) having a strong desire to argue or fight with other people 爱争执的；好斗的；爱滋事的 SYN bellicose ▶ pug·na·cious·ly / pʌɡˈneɪʃəsli ; NAmE pʌɡˈneɪʃəsli / adverb pug·na·city / pʌɡˈnæsəti ; NAmE pʌɡˈnæsəti / noun [uncountable ] pug·na·cious / pʌɡˈneɪʃəs ; NAmE pʌɡˈneɪʃəs / pug·na·cious·ly / pʌɡˈneɪʃəsli ; NAmE pʌɡˈneɪʃəsli / pug·na·city / pʌɡˈnæsəti ; NAmE pʌɡˈnæsəti /
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