belligerent

詳細解釋：

bel.lig.er.ent

adj.（形容詞）
Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
好戰的：傾向於或渴望戰鬥的；敵對的或愛尋釁的
Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.
交戰的：戰爭的、關於或陷入交戰中的
n.（名詞）
One that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war.
交戰者：敵對的或愛尋釁的人或一方，尤指參與戰爭者

來源：
Latin belliger3ns belligerant- [present participle of] belliger3re [to wage war]
拉丁語 belliger3ns belligerant- [] belliger3re的現在分詞 [進行戰爭]
from belliger [warlike]
源自 belliger [好戰的]
bellum [war]
bellum [戰爭]
gerere [to make]
gerere [製造]

【引伸】
bellig.erently
adv.（副詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>belligerent,bellicose,pugnacious,contentious,quarrelsomeThese adjectives are compared as they mean having or showing an eagerness to fight.
這些形容詞用來比喻具有或顯示了對戰鬥的渴望。
Belligerent may specify actual engagement in combat (
Belligerent 可以特指確實參與在戰鬥中（
例句：
tried to arrange a truce between the belligerent nations), or it may refer to a tendency to hostile behavior (
交戰兩國努力達成休戰協定）， 或者可以指敵對行為的傾向（

例句：
A belligerent reporter badgered the President for the facts).
一名好尋釁的記者就一些事實糾纏總統）。

Bellicose and pugnacious suggest a natural disposition to fight:
Bellicose
.All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced upon them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else. (H.L. Mencken).
pugnacious 意指存有對戰鬥的自然傾向：
例句：
.所有成功的報紙都是不停地發牢騷的和好鬥的。如果能夠避免，他們從不衛護任何人或任何事。如果要強迫他們這么做，他們就通過斥責別人或別的事來解決問題. （H.L.麥肯）。

例句：
A retired litigator misses the challenge to her pugnacious intellect.
一位退休的訴訟人懷念對其好鬥才智的挑戰。

Contentious implies chronic argumentativeness:
Contentious 意指慣常的好爭辯：
例句：
.His style has been described variously as abrasive and contentious, overbearing and pompous. (Victor Merina).
.他的風格有時被描述為令人討厭和好爭論的，有時又被形容為傲慢和自負的. （維克多·梅里納）。

Quarrelsome suggests bad temper and a perverse readiness to bicker and quarrel:
Quarrelsome 意指壞脾氣和對爭論或爭吵具有違反常情的機敏：
例句：
.On the days they worked they were good-natured and cheerful, and . . . they spent the evening jollily; but on our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome. (Benjamin Franklin).
.工作的日子他們脾氣又好，又愉快，並且…快樂地度過夜晚；但當閒暇時，他們搗亂 * ，喜好爭吵. （班傑明·弗蘭克林）