FIGHTvery eager to argue or fight with people 爱争吵的,易滋事的,好斗的
The professor had been pugnacious and irritable.
那位教授好斗而易怒。
—pugnaciouslyadverbadv
—pugnacity /pʌɡˈnæsəti/ noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
pugnacious• The missing face is that of the late Cecil Spence, Mayor in 1977-78 and as principled as he was pugnacious.• When drinking, he becomes pugnacious and rude.• Reg Seekings, a short, stocky and pugnaciousEast Anglian, had achieved a considerablereputation in the boxing ring.• A caustically witty and pugnacious man, Wade is a charismaticspeaker who can keep a crowd spellbound.• Congressmen have been less pugnacious since then, and in exchange Mr Borja has stopped trying to reform things much.• A man of great personal charm, he was yet stubborn and pugnacious towards those with whom he disagreed.• Crystalizing these feelings was a youthful, pugnaciouswriter named NormanMailer.