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单词 confrontational
释义
confrontational
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.frʌnˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌkɑːn.frənˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/
behavingin anangryorunfriendlyway that islikelytocauseanargument:
对抗的，咄咄逼人的
He has a veryaggressive, confrontational way oftalkingtopeople.他与人交谈时非常好斗，咄咄逼人。
Theoppositionhasadopteda more confrontationalapproachinrecentmonths.最近几个月，反对派采取了更具对抗性的做法。
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  • Theteamis veryaggressiveand confrontational.
  • He wasdisturbedby her confrontationalattitude.
  • Critics say hisgovernmenthasbecomeincreasinglyconfrontational.
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(Definition ofconfrontationalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

confrontational| Business English

confrontational
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃənəl/us
causingorinvolvingangrydisagreement:
Unionleaderssaid they weredisappointedby therhetoricused by themanagement, anddismayedbytheirconfrontationalapproach.
You shouldtryto be less confrontational if youwanttoworkwell in ateam.
(Definition ofconfrontationalfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconfrontational

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In general, the findings show that, although non-contentious or polite options are available for giving criticism, the critics often chose a moreconfrontationalalternative.
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This party's very name underscores the move from aconfrontationalclass discourse to one that focused on democracy.
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Here the boasting, usually aconfrontationalspeech act, has the effect of creating homosociality and is thus socially indirect.
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In such questions, the speaker's lack of commitment is transferred to the addressee, which makes it a lessconfrontationalquestion.
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To be so uncompromising, dangerous, andconfrontationalbecame praiseworthy.
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He is then likely to beconfrontationalwith his physician and charge the doctor with incompetence.
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Yet theconfrontationalnature of many (although not all) of those mass movements echoes the pre-existing divisions in society supposedly healed by ' peace ' in 1949.
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But what exactly triggered the appearance of moreconfrontational, conflict-laden political debates in the mass media?
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It is continuous and permeable rather thanconfrontational.
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Furthermore, an important aspect of theconfrontationalscene at the pure spring - that it takes place in dark shadow - has been overlooked.
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They tell the story of their own family or clan, in which others figure only as par t of an imaginedconfrontationaldialog.
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In the event, the moreconfrontationaloptions were rejected.
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That would satisfy both saliency andconfrontationalapproaches and could be used to settle the differences between them on a comprehensive basis.
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He writes that the physical andconfrontationalaspect of the sound is problematic for some people.
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The greater the demands of the opposition, and the moreconfrontationaltheir tactics, the greater the risks a full transition would pose for the regimes.
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