casus belli

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act seen as justifying or causing a war; an act of war.
    — In ancient times, repeatedly failing to pay tribute by a vassal state was often used as a casus belli by the patron.

词形变化

casus belli plural casus bellis plural

词源

From Latin cāsus (“occasion”) + bellī (“for war”, literally “of war”).
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