war
n. 战争; 斗争; 竞争
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
War is intense economic competition between countries or organizations.
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。
If you make war on someone or something that you are opposed to, you do things to stop them succeeding.
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…
If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
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。
If a country goes to war, it starts fighting a war.
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?
If two people, countries, or organizations have a war of words, they criticize each other because they strongly disagree about something.
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。
1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy;
2. a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply;
3. an active struggle between competing entities;
4. a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious;
1. make or wage war
battle, war, campaign, struggle, warfare, fight, combat, engagement
这些名词均有"战斗,战争"之意。
go to war
宣战,进入战争状态;从军作战
go to the wars
(古)当兵
have been in the wars
(非正式)受过伤
war clouds
战争阴云,国际紧张局势
war of attrition
消耗战
war of nerves
war of words
唇枪舌剑
war to end all wars
结束所有战争的战争(尤指第一次世界大战)
at war
处于交战状态:处于一种冲突或争论的活跃状态
The book gave a graphic description of the war.
这本书生动地描述了战争的情况.
May there never be another world war.
但愿不再有世界大战.
The war swallowed up many young men into its maw.
战争把许多青年男子吞进了它的无底洞.
The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中,这位将军曾当过士兵.
This is a factual account of the war.
这是一篇有关这场战争的真实报道.