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argumentative

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ar·gu·men·ta·tive /ˌɑːɡjəˈmentətɪv◂ $ ˌɑːr-/ ●○○ adjective  ARGUEsomeone who is argumentative often argues or likes arguing 好辩的,好争吵的 He quickly becomes argumentative after a few drinks. 他只要几杯酒下肚,马上就会和别人争论起来。
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argumentativeWhen I've had a few drinks I get a little argumentative.But a stubborn, argumentative child may try to draw you into too many debates as you try to establish a connection.To understand a text, especially a political text, it is necessary to understand its argumentative context.It can help decipher the messages of propagandists, who seek to mislead by covering up their own argumentative contexts.Under changed circumstances, implicit themes, both justificatory and critical, could be jerked into argumentative explicitness.an argumentative lawyerThere is a change in the sense that argumentative qualifications may be discovered, as implicit qualifications are made explicit.Quarrels of the argumentative type increased with age.
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argumentative
argumentative /ˌɑːɡjəˈmentətɪv◂, ˌɑːɡjʊˈmentətɪv◂ $ ˌɑːr-/ adjective
 Word Family: adjective: arguable, argumentative; verb: argue; noun: argument; adverb: arguably
someone who is argumentative often argues or likes arguing:
    He quickly becomes argumentative after a few drinks.


ar·gu·men·ta·tiveBrE /ˌɑːɡjuˈmentətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɑːrɡjuˈmentətɪv/ 🔊 adjectivea person who is argumentative likes arguing or often starts arguing 好争论的;爱辩论的