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单词 aggressor
释义
aggressor
noun[C]
uk
/əˈɡres.ər/us
/əˈɡres.ɚ/
apersonorcountrythatstartsanargument,fight, orwarbyattackingfirst
侵略者；挑衅者
Synonyms
assailantformal
attacker(VIOLENT PERSON)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attacking & invading
  • ambush
  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • false flag
  • foray
  • going-over
  • hard power
  • hit and run
  • incursion
  • kamikaze
  • post-conquest
  • privateer
  • raid
  • reconquer
  • reconquest
  • relieve
  • swoop
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Arguing & disagreeing
(Definition ofaggressorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • It is said that, as a rule, the aggressors are victorious, for rarely do they attack an enemy that is too strongly entrenched.
  • It was the aggressors themselves that were now under cross fire, and they relished it very little.
  • The chances are that the aggressor would come off worst.
  • The natives find that they are men like themselves, and that their intrusion is an injury, and they perhaps become the aggressors in provoking hostilities.
  • The result was a duel, in which the aggressor was wounded.

aggressor| American Dictionary

aggressor
noun[C]
us
/əˈɡres·ər/
aperson,group, orcountrythatstartsanargument,fight, orwarbyattackingfirst:
Heclaimedthat he was justdefendinghimself, and that the otherguywas the aggressor.
(Definition ofaggressorfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaggressor

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It is thus of particular importance to be ready at all times to subject theaggressorto an annihilating defeat.
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The result is that perceivedaggressorstates need to reassure others about their intentions.
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In the case of theaggressor, force is justified only if there is no other way of avoiding the danger.
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In ethological terms, such fulsome compliance should halt the need of aggressors to continue their attack.
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The cause of the conflict in the vignette was ambiguous, with neither vignette character being identified as anaggressoror as a victim.
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Peers' perceptions of the consequences that victimized children provide aggressors.
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On the other hand, the worst violators of human rights tend to be the world's aggressors and proliferators.
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The police officer identified more with theaggressorthan with the victim.
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Can any one of them use deadly force to repel the aggressor's non-deadly attacks?
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In contrast, premeditated aggression is situationally related and self-promoting and generally serves to aid theaggressor.
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More often than not, theaggressorbaring teeth is female.
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The presumedaggressorneed not actually be threatening unlawful, imminent, and deadly harm.
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Although walking away may not be an active form of defense, this passive, nonconfrontational strategy may discourage aggressors' attacks and, thus, decrease future victimization.
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Protection from outside aggressors is central to this scheme.
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For example, selfdefense is legitimate in order to repel anaggressor.
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