pit against 的定义
- Set in direct opposition or competition, as in The civil war pitted brother against brother. This idiom alludes to setting fighting cocks or dogs against one another in a pit. [Mid-1700s]
pit against 近义词
等同于 compete
pit against 的近义词 46 个
- battle
- challenge
- clash
- contend
- contest
- face
- fight
- play
- spar
- try
- vie
- wrestle
- attempt
- bandy
- bid
- collide
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- fence
- grapple
- joust
- oppose
- rival
- strive
- struggle
- tilt
- tussle
- be in the running
- cope with
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- lock horns
- match strength
- match wits
- participate in
- pit oneself against
- run for
- scramble for
- seek prize
- take on
- take part
pit against 的反义词 13 个
等同于 cope
pit against 的近义词 31 个
- confront
- endure
- get by
- grapple
- handle
- suffer
- survive
- wrestle
- buffet
- deal
- dispatch
- encounter
- face
- hack
- struggle
- tangle
- tussle
- weather
- battle with
- carry on
- get a handle on
- hack it
- hold one's own
- live with
- make go of it
- make it
- make out
- make the grade
- pit oneself against
- rise to occasion
- struggle through
pit against 的反义词 6 个
等同于 divide
更多pit against例句
- To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
- To his critics, he explained—sometimes at painful length—his reasoning against it.
- This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.
- Spouting off against police online has become criminalized in recent weeks.
- The reason we were liberals is we were against oppression.
- Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
- Vain also was the valour and ability he showed in the campaign against the Royalists in La Vende.
- Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
- Whether they had ever, at different times, pleaded for or against the same cause, and cited precedents to prove contrary opinions?
- He leant against the wall of his refuge, notwithstanding this boast, and licked the ice to moisten his parched lips.