亚洲网紅露点

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belligerency

[ buh-lij-er-uhn-see ]

noun

  1. the position or status as a belligerent; state of being actually engaged in war.


belligerency

/ 产瑟藞濒瑟诲萧蓹谤蓹苍蝉瑟 /

noun

  1. the state of being at war
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of belligerency1

First recorded in 1860鈥65; belliger(ent) + -ency
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"We do want to have the region come to terms between all the countries and agree against any belligerency from any side to any other."

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His belligerency and weapons programs make it difficult.

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There鈥檚 long been controversy in Japan over Article 9 of the national constitution, which bans war as a method of settling international disputes, renounces 鈥渂elligerency鈥 and limits the country to fighting only in self-defense.

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鈥淒eterrence arises from strength and never from weakness, because weakness invites belligerency,鈥 Mr. Pompeo said.

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As Rosenberg notes, 鈥淭he list of violent episodes would grow throughout the period of American belligerency and included, according to one account, the stoning of dachshunds on the streets of Milwaukee.鈥

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