hawkish

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɔːkɪʃ/    美 /ˈhɔːkɪʃ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.
  2. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.
    — The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.
  3. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.
    — The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market.

词形变化

more hawkish comparative most hawkish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
hawkishly hawkishness unhawkish
相关词
war hawk

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.?
Proto-Germanic *habukaz
Proto-West Germanic *habuk
Old English hafoc
Middle English hauk
English hawk
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English hawkish
From hawk + -ish.
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