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battle

/bat-l/US // ˈbæt l //UK // (ˈbætəl) //

战役,战斗,会战,仗

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
    • : participation in such hostile encounters or engagements: wounds received in battle.
    • : a fight between two persons or animals: ordering a trial by battle to settle the dispute.
    • : any conflict or struggle: a battle for control of the Senate.
    • : Archaic. a battalion.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bat·tled, bat·tling.

    • : to engage in battle: ready to battle with the enemy.
    • : to work very hard or struggle; strive: to battle for freedom.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bat·tled, bat·tling.

    • : to fight: We battled strong winds and heavy rains in our small boat.
    • : to force or accomplish by fighting, struggling, etc.: He battled his way to the top of his profession.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmilitary fight
Forms: battled, battles, battling

Examples

  • Creating a vaccine that is effective at least 80 percent of the time, which is the threshold the Goalkeepers model uses, is only part of the battle.

  • Both Lavrov and Pompeo used their visits to Cyprus to underscore the broader proxy battle at play.

  • So, more than a few echoes of the Cold War and the battle between capitalism and socialism.

  • Creating the drug is only “part of the battle,” said Biden, who likened effective distribution to a complex military operation.

  • Apple last week filed a countersuit to stop the game maker from using its own payment system for Fortnite, escalating one of the most closely watched legal battles in the tech sector.

  • The U.S. military just unveiled a new effort to get Iraqis ready to battle ISIS.

  • First, as opposition to gay marriage collapses, American anti-LGBT activists will slow their battle against it.

  • It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.

  • The audio message featured the words, “the real battle in Lebanon is yet to begin.”

  • The Daily Beast spoke to a jubilant League on Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes battle to get The Interview to movie theaters.

  • A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.

  • After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.

  • He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.

  • It was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.

  • Again, she was present at the battle of Silan, where her heroic example of courage infused new life into her brother rebels.