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battling

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

斗争,战斗,搏击

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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.

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Examples

  • We’re all trying to support restaurants in our own ways, and honestly, the love we have for the industry as a whole is making the effort to “support restaurants” seem like a vague and unending battle.

  • Most people are not poachers, ivory collectors or intentionally harming wildlife, but silence or indifference to the battle at hand is as deadly.

  • While “Age of Calamity” can feel like an uneven series of battle ballets, it does have its share of astonishing dances.

  • For them, it’s a battle for local control over setting water rates.

  • Amid battles over such issues, however, the state has gone from predictably Republican to a tossup.

  • We also see her physically battling Sheriff Clark, but the camera focuses on her falling to the ground.

  • A few Republicans, such as Christie and Walker, made their names battling the unions.

  • On my short list of the great rock voices of all time, he is battling for the top spot with Mick Jagger.

  • It was a traditional burial—the kind that the government is now battling—that led to the first outbreak.

  • Are the guys from Vanity Fair and Time battling it out and trying to get gangster with each other?

  • "I could not go alone," said Ruth, and her tone was that of one still battling with a notion that is repugnant.

  • Not until the colonies threw off the royal yoke and were battling for freedom was the secret told.

  • It was a terrific struggle; not the skillful sparring of trained fighters, but the rough and tumble battling of primitive giants.

  • A life of perpetual arguing, squabbling and battling,—one's neighbors being such an unreasonable set!

  • Here is a scene from Rentsch, which falls out in Friedrich's time; and which brought much battling and broiling to him and his.

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