| 单词 | hostility |
| 释义 | hostility (once / 366 pages) n Hostility is the state of ill will and bad feeling. If a teacher embarrasses you in front of the whole class, you will probably regard him or her with hostility for the remainder of the school year. Hostility can be used to describe aggressive relations between two countries as well as between people. The issue of territorial borders can often cause hostility between neighboring countries. If actual fighting breaks out, use the word hostilities to refer to the violent actions between them. The ordinary citizens of the countries involved will look forward to the end of hostilities when the two governments are able to work together for peace. WORD FAMILYhostility: hostilities+/hostile: hostilely, hostiles, hostility USAGE EXAMPLESHe’d like to see forces deployed in Poland and the Baltic States to ward off Russian hostilities. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) For the major countries and military groups fighting in Syria, the cessation in hostilities reveals a variety of interests. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Their gradual military escalation and counter-escalation was the principal reason for the ultimate collapse of the February cessation of hostilities agreement. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a state of deep-seated ill-will Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper antagonism, enmity Cold War a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States latent hostility, tension feelings of hostility that are not manifest state of war, wara legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply cold wara state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare suspicionthe state of being suspected proxy wara war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate cloudsuspicion affecting your reputation state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggression meat grinder any action resulting in injury or destruction force, violencean act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) pillage, pillaging, plunderingthe act of stealing valuable things from a place domestic violenceviolence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women banditrythe practice of plundering in gangs rape, rapinethe act of despoiling a country in warfare looting, robberyplundering during riots or in wartime despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliationthe act of stripping and taking by force devastation, ravagingplundering with excessive damage and destruction depredation, predationan act of plundering and pillaging and marauding sackthe plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter road rageviolence exhibited by drivers in traffic public violence, riota public act of violence by an unruly mob action something done (usually as opposed to something said) 3n the feeling of a hostile person he could no longer contain his hostility Syn|Hypo|Hyper enmity, ill will animosity, animus, bad blood a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility class feelingfeelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another antagonisman actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility aggression, aggressivenessa feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack belligerence, belligerencyhostile or warlike attitude or nature bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentmenta feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will warpathhostile or belligerent mood heartburningintense resentment huffishness, sulkinessa feeling of sulky resentment grievance, grudge, scorea resentment strong enough to justify retaliation enviousness, envya feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another hate, hatred the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action 4n a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition he could not conceal his hostility Syn|Hypo|Hyper ill will virulence, virulency extreme hostility unfriendliness an unfriendly disposition |
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