aggression

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /əˈɡɹɛʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. countable,uncountable
    — Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.
  2. The practice or habit of launching attacks. countable,uncountable
  3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions. countable,uncountable
    — The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility.
  4. A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone. countable,uncountable
  5. The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion. countable,uncountable

词形变化

aggressions plural

词汇关系

反义词
nonaggression
衍生词
aggressionism aggressionist antiaggression autoaggression counteraggression cute aggression cyberaggression hyperaggression macroaggression microaggression nanoaggression non-aggression axiom non-aggression principle overaggression passive-aggression unaggression war of aggression
相关词
aggress aggressive aggressiveness aggressor

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der.
Latin gradior
Latin aggredior
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin aggressiōder.
Middle French aggressionbor.
English aggression
From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.
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