Warlike

定义 Definition

warlike 是一个形容词，意为"好战的、尚武的、与战争有关的"，用来形容某人、某个民族或某种行为具有攻击性、好斗或军事化的特征。

发音 Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːr.laɪk/

例句 Examples

The warlike tribe defended their territory fiercely.
这个好战的部落猛烈地捍卫了他们的领地。

Throughout history, warlike nations often expanded their borders through conquest, but such aggression rarely brought lasting peace.
纵观历史，好战的国家常常通过征服来扩张疆域，但这种侵略行为很少能带来持久的和平。

词源 Etymology

warlike 由 war（战争）和后缀 -like（像……的）组成，字面意思是"像战争一样的"。war 源自古英语 werre，经由古法语传入，最终追溯到日耳曼语族的词根，意为"混乱、争斗"。该词自中古英语时期就已使用，用来描述具有军事特质或好斗倾向的人或事物。

相关词汇 Related Words

• Bellicose
• Militant
• Aggressive
• Combative
• Hostile
• Martial
• Belligerent
• Fierce
• Hawkish
• Pugnacious

文学作品引用 Literary References

• 在荷马的《伊利亚特》（Iliad）中，多处使用 warlike 来描述特洛伊战争中的英雄和民族，如"warlike Achilles"。
• 莎士比亚在《哈姆雷特》（Hamlet）中用 "our last king, whose image even but now appear'd to us, was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway… thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride, dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet… did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact… did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands" 等段落中以 warlike 形容挪威王的军事气质。
• 爱德华·吉本在《罗马帝国衰亡史》（The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire）中频繁使用 warlike 来描述日耳曼部落和其他边境民族的尚武风气。