单词 | aggressed |
释义 | aggressedn.adj. A. n. With the. A person, nation, army, etc., that has been aggressed or attacked. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > one who or that which has been attacked aggressed1673 1673 R. Honywood tr. B. Nani Hist. Republick of Venice v. 192 It could not sometimes be distinguished who was the aggressor and who the aggressed. ?1786 J. E. Moore Genuine Mem. III. xx. 148 It can enter no essential purpose whatever, whether to the aggressed or the aggressor. 1890 J. Middlemass Two False Moves III. iii. 37 Are you the aggressor or the aggressed? 1950 tr. J. Huizinga Homo Ludens xii. 210 Does this mean that war is still a game, even for the aggressed, the persecuted, those who fight for their rights and their liberty? 2010 S. Rendall tr. P. Bruckner Tyranny of Guilt 90 Every time a dispute arises, we procrastinate, temper our indignation with cynicism, and reject both the aggressor and the aggressed. B. adj. That has been aggressed or attacked. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > attacked assaulted1601 infest1601 beleaguered1644 aggressed1795 bestormed1837 embattled1961 1795 J. D. Gros Nat. Princ. Rectitude iii. viii. 437 The aggressed nation may take from the nation guilty of aggression those privileges which it enjoys in the dominions of the former. 1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) ii. State Papers 285/2 The aggressed party shall have been properly indemnified for the damages suffered. 1930 Observer 7 Sept. 8/7 The aggressed State would raise loans..but the service of the loans would be guaranteed by the signatory States. 2006 R. Baudendistel Between Bombs & Good Intentions ii. 59 Those whose governments unreservedly supported Ethiopia, such as Sweden, which had historic ties to the aggressed country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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