aggressor
noun /əˈɡresə(r)/
/əˈɡresər/
- a person, country, etc. that attacks first
侵略者;挑衅者 - They are seen as the aggressors in the civil war.
他们被视为内战中的侵略者。
词源mid 17th cent.: from late Latin, from aggredi ‘to attack’ from ad- ‘towards’ + gradi ‘proceed, walk’. - They are seen as the aggressors in the civil war.