“casus belli”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

casus belli

释义

‖ casus belli|ˈkeɪsəs ˈbɛlaɪ|
[f. L. casus case n.¹ + belli, gen. of bellum war.]
An act justifying, or regarded as a reason for, war. Also transf.
1849J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. LI. 28 To assist a people struggling for liberty..is not a casus belli set down in Vattel.1853H. Greville Diary 22 June (1884) 60 He thought the Russians would soon occupy the principalities, which, however, the other Powers would not pronounce to be a casus belli.1868Trollope He knew, etc. I. xlviii. 374 The Juno from the Close had come quite prepared to declare her casus belli..and to fling down her gauntlet.1878Times 2 Feb. 6/3 He did not say what was to be the casus belli or the casus armandi.1920D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go 11 Some men might acknowledge the bone to be merely a pretext, another hollow casus belli.

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