casus belli

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

這個字我們還沒有寫成教學內容。以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,方便你先看懂它的意思。

casus bellinoun/ˈkeɪ.səs ˈbɛl.aɪ/

  • 1

    An act seen as justifying or causing a war; an act of war.

    • In ancient times, repeatedly failing to pay tribute by a vassal state was often used as a casus belli by the patron.
    • The Executive, however, can do many acts which would constitute a casus belli, and thus indirectly result in war; but this does not imply in the Executive a concurrent power to declare war, and the war which would result would be one declared by a foreign power.

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