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。

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。