| 单词 | aggressive |
| 释义 | aggressive (once / 424 pages) adj Someone or something aggressive shows a lot of energy and has a strong impact. After the aggressive salesman stopped them again on their way through the mall, the couple got aggressive and replied in a loud, made-up foreign language until he went away. Being aggressive often means being physical or showing force, but it is equally powerful as an adjective reflecting a forceful determination to get something done. An aggressive football player may tackle everyone in sight to get a win, while a driven student might tackle a project or problem head-on with aggressive determination to improve their grade. Aggressive comes from the Latin aggress-, "attack," and being aggressive shows an intention to attack bodily, mentally, or verbally whatever gets in the way. WORD FAMILYaggressive: aggressively, aggressiveness, nonaggressive, unaggressive+/aggress: aggressed, aggresses, aggressing, aggression, aggressive, aggressor/aggression: aggressions, nonaggression/aggressor: aggressors/unaggressive: unaggressively USAGE EXAMPLES“What he said was, ‘Be thoughtfully aggressive,’” Ms. Burwell said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Baseball officials refused to confront the problem for years, then became more aggressive than other pro leagues in policing the use of illicit drugs. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) In November, he was diagnosed again, this time with an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight aggressive acts against another country Syn belligerent hostile characterized by enmity or ill will 2adj having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends an aggressive businessman an aggressive basketball player he was aggressive and imperious aggressive drivers Syn|Ant battleful, bellicose, combative having or showing a ready disposition to fight competitive, militantshowing a fighting disposition hard-hitting, high-pressureaggressively and persistently persuasive hostileunsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) in-your-faceblatantly aggressive obstreperousboisterously and noisily aggressive predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturousliving by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey pugnacious, roughready and able to resort to force or violence scrappyfull of fighting spirit truculentdefiantly aggressive assertive, self-asserting, self-assertiveaggressively self-assured hostilecharacterized by enmity or ill will offensivefor the purpose of attack rather than defense nonaggressive, unaggressive not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness low-pressurenot forceful unassertiveinclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence peaceable, peacefulnot disturbed by strife or turmoil or war 3adj tending to spread quickly an aggressive tumor Syn fast-growing, strong-growing invasive marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue |
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