warmonger
UK/'wɒ:.mʌŋgә/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A person who tries to start or encourage war; someone who advocates aggression (disapproving).
战争贩子、好战分子（贬义，鼓动或煽动战争的人）。
Root Breakdown
Native Englishwar + monger ('dealer, trader,' as in fishmonger). A warmonger 'deals in' war — eagerly promoting and provoking it. The -monger element is almost always condemning (rumormonger, scaremonger), so the word is an accusation, never neutral.
Root war still carries 5 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.branded a warmonger被斥为战争贩子
- 2.dangerous warmonger危险的战争贩子
- 3.accused of being a warmonger被指为战争贩子
Example Sentences
- 1.
Critics branded the senator a dangerous warmonger.
- 2.
The newspaper accused the regime of being warmongers.
- 3.
He denied being a warmonger, insisting he wanted peace.