battle

battle

英[ˈbætl]美[ˈbætl]

n.战役，争论，斗争，奋斗；

v.奋斗，作战；

复数：battles;

第三人称单数：battles;

过去式：battled;

过去分词：battled;

现在分词：battling;

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His arm was shot off in a battle.在一次战斗中, 他的一只手臂被炸掉了。

He has an uphill battle against rheumatism.他与风湿病作艰苦顽强的斗争。

There’s been a running battle between John and his neighbour for years about the garden fence.约翰和邻居多年来一直为花园隔栏而争执不休。

The local historical society put up a plaque at the site of the battle.当地的历史学会在战场所在地树立了牌匾。

the battle for supremacy in the world economic markets世界经济市场霸主地位的竞争

a zest for battle战斗的激情

They planned the tactics for the next day's battle.他们制定好第二天的战术。

They rallied their spirits and threw themselves into the battle.他们重振精神投入战斗。

He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。

The tide of the battle turned against us.战况变得对我们不利。

英语六级真题

This isn't a battle between garment workers and greedy bosses.

Companies have already won part of the battle, having driven tech into every part of our lives, tracking our steps and our very heartbeats.

Politicians may tackle polluters while scientists do battle with carbon emissions.

Monsanto's critics have attacked the company for its "merciless legal battles against small farmers," and they are hoping this will be the case that puts it in its place.

Some scientists believe that the rise in carbon levels means that the Amazon and other rain forests in Asia and Africa may go from being assets in the battle against rising temperatures to liabilities.

This allegation has led to Google becoming mired in (陷入) a legal battle whose scope and complexity makes the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case in Charles Dickens' Bleak House look straightforward.

Google has involved itself in a legal battle as it ignored the copyright of the books it scanned

But if the confrontation has crystallized in this latest battle, it may already be heading toward a predictable conclusion: In the long run, the tech companies are destined to emerge victorious.

Companies have already won part of the battle, having driven tech into every part of our lives, tracking our steps and our very heartbeats.

It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks.

No surprise then, it becomes a battle for us parents to feed our children ordinary fruit and vegetables.

Politicians may tackle polluters while scientists do battle with carbon emissions .

The battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over unlocking a terrorist's smartphone is the culmination of a slow turning of the tables between the technology industry and the United States government.

The battle is currently being waged on land, in greenhouses at the University of Barcelona.

There will probably be months of legal confrontation, and it is not at all clear which side will prevail in court, nor in the battle for public opinion and legislative favor.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-VAR

战役；战斗

A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.

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N-COUNT

（为争取成功或控制权的）斗争，冲突

A battle is a conflict in which different people or groups compete in order to achieve success or control.

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N-COUNT

（在艰难环境中的）奋争，斗争

You can use battle to refer to someone's efforts to achieve something in spite of very difficult circumstances.

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V-RECIP

与…抗争；与…搏斗；同…作战

To battle with an opposing group means to take part in a fight or contest against them. In American English, you can also say that one group or person is battling another.

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VERB

奋战；（与…）搏斗（在英国英语中用battle against something或with something，在美国英语中用battle something）

To battle means to try hard to do something in spite of very difficult circumstances. In British English, you battle against something or with something. In American English, you battle something.

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PHR-RECIP

作战；交战；竞争

If one person or group does battle with another, they take part in a battle or contest against them. You can also say that two people or groups do battle .

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PHRASE

成功的一半；成功的重要条件

If you say that something is half the battle, you mean that it is the most important step towards achieving something.

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PHRASE

战线已划定；对垒之势已成

If you say that the battle lines are drawn between opposing groups or people, you mean that they are ready to start fighting or arguing, and that it has become clear what the main points of conflict or disagreement will be.

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PHRASE

作无望成功的尝试

If you are fighting a losing battle, you are trying to achieve something but are not going to be successful.

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PHR-RECIP

一决胜负；一决高低

If one group or person battles it out with another, they take part in a fight or contest against each other until one of them wins or a definite result is reached. You can also say that two groups or two people battle it out .

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PHRASE

虽败犹胜/ 虽胜犹败

If you say that someone has lost the battle ,but won the war, you mean that although they have been defeated in a small conflict they have won a larger, more important one of which it was a part. If you say that someone has won the battle but lost the war, you mean that they have won the small conflict but lost the larger one.

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PHRASE

考验意志的持久战

A battle of wills is a situation that involves people who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.

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PHRASE

智慧的较量；斗智

If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force.

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英汉词典释义

n.

战斗, 战役; 交战

较量；争论；斗争

奋斗；斗争

vt. & vi.

与[对]…作战, 争斗

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

2. an energetic attempt to achieve something;

3. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);

Verb

1. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle;

行业词典

体育： 对决；

法律： 战斗；