pugnacious

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pugnacious 好斗的

来自拉丁语pugnus,拳头，来自pungere,刺，击，词源同point,pungent.引申词义好斗的。

pugnacious: pugnacious: [17] Latin pugnus meant ‘fist’ (it may have been related to Greek pugmé ‘fist’, source of English pygmy). From it was derived the verb pugnāre ‘hit with the fist’, hence ‘fight’, which has given English impugn [14], repugnant [14], and, via the further derivative pugnāx ‘fond of fighting’, pugnacious.
=> impugn, repugnant
pugnacious (adj.): 1640s, a back-formation from pugnacity or else from Latin pugnacis, genitive of pugnax "combative, fond of fighting," from pugnare "to fight," especially with the fists, "contend against," from pugnus "a fist," from PIE *pung-, nasalized form of root *peuk-, *peug- "to stick, stab, to prick" (cognates: Greek pyx "with clenched fist," pygme "fist, boxing," pyktes "boxer;" Latin pungere "to pierce, prick").

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1. The President was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to journalists about the rebellion.: 总统和记者说起叛乱时，情绪激昂。

2. Laziness makes people irascible, and Xiangzi now grew pugnacious.: 懒,能使人脾气大.祥子现在知道怎样对人瞪眼.

5. As a child he was pugnacious and fought with everyone.: 作为一个孩子,他好斗,并与大家战斗.