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War Countries N Var 可变名词 Phrase 短语 Crime Combat

英语单词 war
英美音标 英 [wɔː(r)] 美 [wɔːr]
中文释义 n.战争;斗争
v.作战;斗争
英语例句 (1) The hope of a short war went glimmering.
(2) A series of provocations led up to the border war.
(3) The army was disbanded when the war came to an end.
(4) They are waging a war against crime.
中文例句 (1) 战争无望在短期内结束。
(2) 一系列的挑衅事件导致了边境战争的发生。
(3) 战争结束时,军队即被解散。
(4) 他们正在展开一场反对犯罪的斗争。
vocabulary简明 War is armed combat between two or more countries or between different groups of people within the same country. As the soul singer Edwin Starr asked, "War! Huh! What is it good for?" Absolutely nothing.
vocabulary扩展 The term "civil war" means not that the war is courteous and polite, but that it is between citizens of the same nation or community, as in the American Civil War. Often war refers to nonmilitary combat or tension, such as between angry neighbors, or rival sports teams, or between different social classes — as in "class war," or government policies such as the "war on drugs."
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]战争 A war is a period of fighting or conflict between countries or states.
  • He spent part of the war in the National Guard...

    战争期间,他在国民警卫队呆过一段时间。

  • ...matters of war and peace...

    战争与和平的问题

  • They've been at war for the last fifteen years.

    最近15年来他们一直在打仗。

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[N-VAR 可变名词](国家或组织之间的)经济竞争 War is intense economic competition between countries or organizations.
  [usu with supp]
  • The most important thing is to reach an agreement and to avoid a trade war.

    最重要的是达成协议,避免贸易战。

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[N-VAR 可变名词]宣战;斗争 If you make war on someone or something that you are opposed to, you do things to stop them succeeding.
  [oft N against/on n]
  • She has been involved in the war against organised crime.

    她参与了打击有组织犯罪的斗争。

  • ...if the United States is to be successful in its war on drugs.

    如果美国想在反毒斗争中获得胜利…

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See also:
warring
civil war
Cold War
council of war
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    [PHRASE 短语](在打架或事故中)受伤 If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • Ben has also been in the wars. He is still in plaster after breaking a leg.

      本也受了伤。他摔断了一条腿,现在还打着石膏。

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    [PHRASE 短语]开战;打仗 If a country goes to war, it starts fighting a war.
      [V inflects]
    • Do you think this crisis can be settled without going to war?

      你认为这场危机能和平解决吗?

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    [PHRASE 短语]论战;口水战 If two people, countries, or organizations have a war of words, they criticize each other because they strongly disagree about something.
      [oft PHR between/with n]
      [JOURNALISM 新闻]
    • Animal rights activists have been engaged in an increasingly bitter war of words with many of the nation's zoos.

      动物权利保护者和该国多家动物园展开了越来越激烈的论战。

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    to lose the battle but win the war→see:
    battle

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