| 单词 | combative |
| 释义 | combative (once / 4447 pages) adj Someone combative likes to fight, whether with fists or words. See the word combat in combative? That's a clue to this word's meaning. Since combat is a type of fighting — usually in war — anyone described as combative likes to fight or just can't help getting in fights. A frequent barroom brawler is combative, but so is someone who is always starting arguments. Using swear words and constantly contradicting people could be considered combative behavior. People who are combative are also often described as hostile, angry, or pugnacious. WORD FAMILYcombative: combatively, combativeness+/combat: combatant, combated, combating, combative, combats, combatted, combatting/combatant: combatants, noncombatant/noncombatant: noncombatants USAGE EXAMPLESA growing backlash against globalization puts Apple and other big multinationals directly in the sightlines of two increasingly combative giants: the United States and China. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Pietists urged a renewal of personal devotion and a less combative attitude toward rival religious systems, including Judaism. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Shanghai’s internet regulator, meanwhile, remained in combative mode. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj having or showing a ready disposition to fight a combative impulse Syn battleful, bellicose aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends 2adj inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits Syn contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious argumentative given to or characterized by argument 3adj striving to overcome in argument Syn agonistic, agonistical competitive, competitory involving competition or competitiveness |
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