warpath

英 [ˈwɔːpɑːθ]

美 [ˈwɔːrpæθ]

n.  出征路途，敌对行动

BNC.46466 / COCA.31860

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

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 盛怒并准备寻衅;大发脾气
  If you say that someone is or has goneon 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。

英英释义

noun

• a course leading to warfare or battle
• hostile or belligerent mood
  1. the chief is on the warpath today

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The defenders of Italian were on the warpath.
  意大利语的捍卫者们来势汹汹。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The two countries are on the warpath again.
  这两个国家又在准备作战了。