act of aggression• To wear such a garment was an act of aggression in itself.• It was an inexcusableact of aggression.• Rather, it typically involves acts of aggression towards players and officials, or over-exuberant celebratory activity including the vandalism of property.• Wars are not really acts of aggression and defense, for we must recognize a difference between proximate and true causes.• It will inevitably be harder to prevent similaracts of aggression in future.• These acts of aggression went unchecked because the powers that might have stopped them had problems of their own.• Longbine said line dancers have concluded that repeateddancefloorcollisions were acts of aggression by the ballroom dancers.
Originaggression
(1600-1700)Latinaggressio, from aggredi“to attack”, from ad-“to” + gradi“to step, go”
ADJECTIVE | ... OF AGGRESSION | VERB + AGGRESSION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤naked, open, overt赤裸裸的/公開的/公然的侵略◇a display of naked aggression赤裸裸的侵略表現➤pent-up被壓抑的敵對情緒◇ways of releasing pent-up aggression釋放被壓抑的敵對情緒的方法➤unprovoked無緣無故的侵犯▸➤physical, sexual, verbal身體上的侵犯;性侵犯;言語冒犯➤external, foreign外來的攻擊;外國侵略◇The president announced that the country would not tolerate foreign aggression.總統宣佈該國絕不會容忍外敵入侵。➤American, British, etc.美國、英國等的侵犯▸➤armed, military武裝/軍事侵略... OF AGGRESSION➤act挑釁行為◇Acts of aggression against gays and lesbians are not always reported.男女同性戀者遭到挑釁並非總是報案。VERB + AGGRESSION➤display, exhibit, express, show顯示攻擊性;表現出侵略性◇the brutality and aggression displayed by the soldiers士兵所表現出的殘忍和好鬥➤channel, direct轉移敵對情緒◇He manages to channel his aggression into football.他設法將對抗情緒轉移到足球上。➤control, deter抑制/防止對抗情緒▸➤release釋放敵對情緒▸➤encourage助長好鬥情緒◇Do toy guns encourage aggression?玩具槍會助長好鬥情緒嗎?PREPOSITION➤aggression against, aggression by對⋯的攻擊;由⋯發起的挑釁◇Aggression by one nationality against another often leads to war.一個民族對另一民族的挑釁往往會導致戰爭。➤aggression towards/toward對⋯的攻擊◇It showed no aggression towards / toward other dogs.它未對其他狗表現出攻擊性。