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aggressive 音标拼音: [əgr'ɛsɪv] a. 侵略的,好斗的;敢作敢为的 侵略的,好斗的;敢作敢为的 aggressive adj 1: having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; " an aggressive businessman"; " an aggressive basketball player"; " he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; " aggressive drivers" [ ant: { nonaggressive}, { unaggressive}] 2: tending to spread quickly; " an aggressive tumor" [ synonym: { aggressive}, { fast- growing( a)}, { strong- growing}] 3: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; " aggressive acts against another country"; " a belligerent tone" [ synonym: { aggressive}, { belligerent}] Aggressive \ Ag* gres" sive\, a. [ Cf. F. agressif.] 1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one' s own ends at the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of { unaggressive}. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1. 5] No aggressive movement was made. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Marked by self- confident ambition, vigorous competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive young executive. Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. ( Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an aggressive tumor. [ Narrower terms: { invasive ( vs. noninvasive) ] -- AS Syn: fast- growing( prenominal) [ WordNet 1. 5] 4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, aggressive acts against another country. Syn: belligerent. [ WordNet 1. 5] Note: Narrower related terms: { bellicose, combative, pugnacious, scrappy, truculent ; { hard- hitting, high- pressure ; { hostile} ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business: " hostile takeover"; " hostile tender offer"); { predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous . See also: assertive, hostile, offensive. [ WordNet 1. 5] -- { Ag* gres" sive* ly}, adv. -- { Ag* gres" sive* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 141 Moby Thesaurus words for " aggressive": abrupt, active, acute, adventuresome, adventurous, ambitious, animated, antagonistic, assertive, battling, bearish, beastly, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody- minded, bluff, blunt, bold, brash, brisk, brusque, cavalier, chauvinist, chauvinistic, churlish, combative, contentious, crusty, curt, disputatious, divisive, domineering, driving, dynamic, enemy, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, eristic, factional, factious, ferocious, fierce, fighting, forceful, forcible, forward, full of fight, full of pep, go- ahead, go- go, gruff, hard- hitting, harsh, hawkish, hearty, hostile, hustling, imperious, impetuous, incisive, inimical, intense, irascible, irritable, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, keen, kinetic, litigious, lively, living, lusty, martial, masterful, mettlesome, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, on the offensive, partisan, peppy, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious, pushful, pushing, pushy, quarrelsome, robust, rough, saber- rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrappy, self- assertive, severe, sharp, short, shrewish, smacking, snappy, snippy, soldierlike, soldierly, spanking, spirited, strenuous, strong, surly, take- charge, take- over, tough, trenchant, trigger- happy, truculent, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, up- and- coming, venturesome, venturous, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, vivid, warlike, warmongering, warring, wrangling, zestful, zesty, zippy
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