穷兵黩武 meaning in English
exhaust all resources to build up one's military power; adopt a warlike policy; be militaristic; engage in unjust military ventures [aggressions]; exhaust the troops and engage in war; wage sanguinary wars; love wars and military exploits; use all one's armed might to indulge in wars of aggression
Examples
- Hitler was a deep-dyed villain to most .
大多数人视希特勒为一穷兵黩武的混世魔王。 - The gaels were a military and oppressive aristocracy .
盖尔人是一个穷兵黩武，专横暴戾的贵族阶层。 - I do not say this in any spirit of bravado or belligerence .
我说这句话并不是虚张声势，也不是穷兵黩武。 - Despotic control was more important than economic prosperity , or even military strength .
暴虐控制，重于经济繁荣，甚至重于穷兵黩武。 - A connected museum paints japan in its wars of 1937 - 45 as the liberator of asia , a victim of western belligerency
于是游就馆就将日本粉饰成1937 - 1945年战争的亚洲解放者和西方穷兵黩武的受害者。