喜樂美語

One way to picture it: towards someone in order to attack — the first move, made by you, not a response to being hit.

一個人朝著別人「跨步逼過去」。關鍵不在於有沒有真的打下去，而在於那個方向——是你主動朝對方走過去的，不是被打了才還手。aggression 講的就是這股主動撲上去的勁：可能表現成怒氣、威脅的姿態，也可能表現成真正的動手。

From the word’s history

From Latin aggressiō, from aggredior 'I go towards, I approach, I attack' — ad- 'towards' + gradior 'I step, I walk'. The literal picture is of stepping up to someone.

來自拉丁文 aggredior：ad-（朝向）+ gradior（走、跨步），字面就是「朝某人走過去」，進而是「上前攻擊」。gradior 這個字根也留在 grade、gradual、progress 裡，全都跟「步」有關。所以 aggression 骨子裡是一個身體動作的畫面：主動跨出那一步。

Wiktionary — Latin aggressiō, from aggredior (ad- + gradior 'to step').

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意思相近

hostilityinvasionangerattackbelligerenceassault

意思相反

calmdefensegentlenesspeace

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

aggressionnoun/əˈɡɹɛʃən/

  • 1

    The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

    • Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.
  • 2

    The practice or habit of launching attacks.

  • 3

    Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

    • The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility.
  • 4

    A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.

  • 5

    The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。