warpath

英 [ˈwɔːpɑːθ] 美 [ˈwɔːrpæθ]

n.  出征路途,敌对行动

BNC.46466 / COCA.31860



柯林斯词典

  1. PHRASE 盛怒并准备寻衅;大发脾气
    If you say that someone is or has gone on the warpath, you mean that they are angry and getting ready for a fight or conflict.
    1. I had warned the children that daddy was on the warpath.
      我警告过孩子们爸爸就要大发雷霆了。

双语例句

  1. I had warned the children that daddy was on the warpath.
    我警告过孩子们爸爸就要大发雷霆了。
  2. The police commissioner is on the warpath because the suspect hasn't been found.
    警务处长大发雷霆,因为嫌疑犯尚未找到。
  3. EXAMPLE: My boss is on the warpath because none of his lazy staff has even started the work that needed to be finished yesterday.
    我的老板要发作了,因为手下人懒惰,昨天要完成的工作,到现在还没有一个人开始做。
  4. The defenders of Italian were on the warpath.
    意大利语的捍卫者们来势汹汹。
  5. He's been a smuggler, a gun runner, a dope peddler-you name it. The government went on the warpath against drug traffickers.
    他做过走私贩、偷运军火、贩卖毒品&反正什么勾当他都干过。政府对贩卖毒品的人采取了打击的态度。
  6. The students camesintosthe office on the warpath about the tuition increase.
    学生们为了学费增加之事怒气冲冲地走进办公室。
  7. Be careful if you see the manager this morning. he's on the warpath about a complaint he received from a customer.
    如果你今天早晨见到经理的话,要小心,他收到顾客的一封投诉信,他正为此生气。
  8. The two countries are on the warpath again.
    这两个国家又在准备作战了。
  9. Expressions such as play possum, bury the hatchet and go on the warpath became common.
    装死,埋战斧(合好),要打仗等这样的词语变得很平常了。
  10. In an article called "System," Cao exposed the workings of a violent computer game called Warpath that requires players to spend real money to survive the game's law of the jungle.
    在一篇叫做《系统》的文章里,曹揭露一款暴力游戏《征途》的游戏规则,它需要玩家投入真实的金钱以求在弱肉强食中生存。
  11. He's on some kind of warpath.
    他对你有些敌对情绪。
  12. He promised to burn me at the stake as soon as his braves returned from the warpath.
    他答应我只要他的勇士们作战一回来,他就在火刑柱上烧我。
  13. Life is short, the warpath is long
    生命日短,征途日长
  14. Barry is on the warpath looking for the person who let down the tyres on his bicycle.
    巴里正怒气冲冲地寻找那个把他自行车轮胎气放掉的人算帐。

习惯用语

n.

    (be/go) on the warpath

  • (怒不可遏)准备开火
    (to be) angry and wanting to fight or punish sb

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a course leading to warfare or battle

      1. hostile or belligerent mood
        1. the chief is on the warpath today