combativeness

基本解释

However, the way that women express their combativeness tends to differ from the way men express theirs, she observed.
只是，据她观察，女性表达她们好斗的方式往往和男性表达的方式不同。
Two are in power today, and both are known for their toughness and combativeness: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the Philippines and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh.
如今有两位当权女性，她们都因坚韧的个性和昂扬的斗志而闻名：菲律宾的格洛丽亚·马卡帕加尔·阿罗约总统，和孟加拉国的谢赫·哈西娜总理。
Her combativeness went in all directions – without a secure writing position, her defenses were also up against her own editors, who were naturally inclined to shape her views to their own tastes.
她好战的攻击指向所有方向——由于缺乏固定的写作立场，她会与自己的编辑们陷入争执，他们很自然地期待她的观点能顺应自己的品味。

Her combativeness couldn't protect her from a killer in her midst.
FORBES: Unholy Roller
But political combativeness runs deep in the president, and he may not be able to resist the temptation to go to the mat one last time with his old rivals.
ECONOMIST: South Korea