| 单词 | confrontational |
| 释义 | confrontational (once / 19999 pages) adj Someone who's confrontational isn't shy about arguing forcefully — in fact, it's the way they often interact with other people. When guests on a TV talk show start yelling at each other, you can describe it as confrontational. When one person confronts another, they argue face-to-face — this interaction is confrontational. The Medieval Latin source of these words is confrontare, which simply means "adjoin," or "be next to," from the Latin roots com-, "together," and frontem, "forehead." So you could think of a confrontational situation as one in which two people are disagreeing while so close that their foreheads nearly touch. WORD FAMILYconfrontational: confrontationally+/confront: confrontation, confronted, confronting, confronts/confrontation: confrontational, confrontations USAGE EXAMPLESBut then, she's always been more colourful - and confrontational - than many politicians. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Most other leading contenders, left of center like Mr. Moon, support closer ties to China and a less confrontational approach with North Korea. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) Some direct, confrontational melodrama, you think, might be just the thing for this guy as well as this emotionally hesitant, excessively calculating movie. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) adj of or relating to confrontation |
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