- combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause, and typically favouring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods好战的, 好斗的; 富有战斗精神的; 激进的：
militant left-wing trade unionists.
激进的左翼工会成员。
- a person who is active in this way好斗分子; 富有战斗精神的人; 激进分子。
WORD TRENDS
See FIGHTER.
派生词
militancy
nounmilitantly
adverb词源
late Middle English（in the sense 'engaged in warfare'）： from Old French, or from Latin militant- 'serving as a soldier'， from the verb militare （see MILITATE）. The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.