belligerency [
bi'lidʒәrәnsi]
n. 交战状态
[法] 交战, 交战状态, 交战国的地位
belligerency[ noun ]- hostile or warlike attitude or nature
<noun.feeling>
- fighting; acts of overt warfare
<noun.act>
the outbreak of hostilities
Belligerence \Bel*lig"er*ence\, Belligerency \Bel*lig"er*en*cy\,
n.
The quality of being belligerent.
2. the act or state of being engaged in war or a warlike
conflict; warfare.
Syn: hostilities.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. an aggressively hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a
readiness to fight or offend, with little or no
provocation.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- The military has objected to the word "cease-fire" because it feels the term gives belligerency status to the insurgents.