battle

英[ˈbætl]
美[ˈbætl]

基本释义

  • n.战役; 争论,斗争; 奋斗
  • v.奋斗,作战

词性变化

实用例句

the battle of Waterloo

滑铁卢战役

牛津词典

to be killed in battle

阵亡

牛津词典

a gun battle

枪战

牛津词典

a legal battle for compensation

要求赔偿的法律斗争

牛津词典

a battle with an insurance company

同一家保险公司的争执

牛津词典

a battle of wits (= when each side uses their ability to think quickly to try to win)

智斗

牛津词典

a battle of wills (= when each side is very determined to win)

意志的较量

牛津词典

her long battle against cancer

她同癌症的长期斗争

牛津词典

to fight an uphill battle against prejudice

同偏见作艰苦斗争

牛津词典

With chess you're involved in a battle of wits from start to finish.

下国际象棋从头到尾都是在比拼智慧。

The President offered compromises to parliament to defuse the battle of wills over who should wield power.

总统对国会作出让步,以求结束这场旷日持久的权力争斗。

Barbados could have three new political parties battling it out in the next General Election.

在下一届大选中,巴巴多斯可能有三个新的政党参加角逐。

The strikers may have won the battle, but they lost the war.

罢工者们虽胜犹败。

In the Cup Final, Leeds battled it out with the old enemy, Manchester United...

在足总杯决赛中,利兹联队和宿敌曼彻斯特联队一决胜负。

The crew fought a losing battle to try to restart the engines.

全体船员努力尝试重新启动发动机,但结果徒劳无功。

...on a day when the sun is fighting a losing battle against the lowering clouds.

那天,太阳慢慢被低垂的云层遮蔽起来。

The battle lines were drawn after the government refused to budge from its final offer.

政府拒绝改变其最后条件之后,双方对立态势趋向明朗。

Choosing the right type of paint for the job is half the battle.

选对了涂料,这项工作就成功了一半。

...the battle against crime...

打击犯罪的斗争

She has fought a constant battle with her weight...

她一直在竭力控制体重。

Thousands of people battled with police and several were reportedly wounded...

数千人与警方发生冲突,据报道有数人在冲突中受伤。

The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16...

双方将在12月16日再次交锋以争夺进入四分之一决赛的席位。

Doctors battled throughout the night to save her life.

医生们彻夜奋战来挽救她的生命。

...a lone yachtsman returning from his months of battling with the elements...

只身驾驶游艇与恶劣天气搏斗数月后成功归航的人

...the notorious Montonero guerrilla group who did battle with the army during the dirty war...

曾在那场肮脏的战争中与这支部队交战的臭名昭著的蒙特内罗游击队

This March, a British and an American company will do battle in the High Court over the right to press compact discs.

今年3月,一家英国公司和一家美国公司将会在最高法院就光盘压制权展开争夺。

...the eternal battle between good and evil in the world.

世界上正义与邪恶的永恒斗争

...a renewed political battle over Britain's attitude to Europe.

围绕英国对欧洲的态度问题展开的新一轮政治斗争

...after a gun battle between police and drug traffickers.

在警察和毒贩子一番枪战之后

...the victory of King William III at the Battle of the Boyne.

国王威廉三世在博因河战役中的胜利

真题例句

Make sure you check in with your opponents so that they are not carrying the emotion of the battles beyond the battlefield.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Especially the battle in space, incredible.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

They triumphed ultimately over evil in the battle

出自-2012年12月听力原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

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.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

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

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

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

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

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

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

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.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

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.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week's events.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

It was all about the battle against my own body and mind.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, are equally fumy and frightening, but they're also aspirational.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The battle lasts little more than half an hour, in which time around 50, 000 kilograms of tomatoes have been thrown at anyone or anything that moves, runs, or fights back.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Their workshop on Henry Ⅴ, for example, includes a helpful explanation of Henry's winning strategy at the battle of agincourt.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

There's tension and anxiety from the beginning as nick and amy battle for your trust.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

When the polluting industries argue that we've lost the battle to control carbon pollution and have no choice but to adapt, it's a nonsense designed to make the case for business as usual.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Accommodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle.

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The biotechnology Industry Organisation, a trade group, assured members that this was just a "preliminary step" in a longer battle.

2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The Church's long-standing dogma was losing the great battle for truth to rationalists and scientists.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

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

    "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"

    "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

  • 2. an energetic attempt to achieve something;

    "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"

    "he fought a battle for recognition"

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

    "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine

    "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

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

    "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"

    "We must combat the prejudices against other races"

    "they battled over the budget"

同义词辨析

battle, war, campaign, struggle, warfare, fight, combat, engagement

这些名词均有"战斗,战争"之意。

  • battle: 侧重指战争中的一次较全面、时间较长的战斗,也指陆军或海军在某一特定地区进行的战斗,或个人之间的争斗。
  • war: 是战争的总称,一般指包括多个战役的大规模战争。
  • campaign: 通常指在一场大的战争中在某一地区进行的一连串有既定目的的军事行动。也可作引申用。
  • struggle: 指激烈或时间持续长的战斗或奋力斗争。
  • warfare: 侧重指战争状态或具体的作战方法。
  • fight: 最普通用词,含义广,指战斗、斗争或打斗。
  • combat: 泛指军事行动,尤指小规模的战斗,甚至是格斗。
  • engagement: 指交战,交火。