(形容词)好斗的;爱争吵的;喜欢打架或挑衅的。(常用于形容人的性格或态度。)
/ pʌɡˈneɪʃəs /
He became pugnacious after a few drinks.
他喝了几杯之后变得好斗起来。
Although she looked calm, her pugnacious remarks in the meeting quickly escalated the conflict.
尽管她看起来很冷静,但她在会议上好斗的言辞很快让矛盾升级了。
来自拉丁语 pugnax(“爱打斗的、好战的”),词根与 *pugn-*(“战斗、搏斗”)有关,进一步可追溯到拉丁语 pugnare(“打斗”)。英语中常用该词描述“容易挑衅、爱争辩”的性格。