war
n. 戰爭; 鬥爭; 競爭
A war is a period of fighting or conflict between countries or states.
He spent part of the war in the National Guard...
戰爭期間,他在國民警衛隊呆過一段時間。
...matters of war and peace...
戰爭與和平的問題
War is intense economic competition between countries or organizations.
The most important thing is to reach an agreement and to avoid a trade war.
最重要的是達成協議,避免貿易戰。
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.
她參與了打擊有組織犯罪的鬥爭。
...if the United States is to be successful in its war on drugs.
如果美國想在反毒鬥爭中獲得勝利…
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.
本也受了傷。他摔斷了一條腿,現在還打著石膏。
If a country goes to war, it starts fighting a war.
Do you think this crisis can be settled without going to war?
你認為這場危機能和平解決嗎?
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.
動物權利保護者和該國多家動物園展開了越來越激烈的論戰。
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
這些名詞均有"戰鬥,戰爭"之意。
go to war
宣戰,進入戰爭狀態;從軍作戰
go to the wars
(古)當兵
have been in the wars
(非正式)受過傷
war clouds
戰爭陰雲,國際緊張局勢
war of attrition
消耗戰
war of nerves
war of words
唇槍舌劍
war to end all wars
結束所有戰爭的戰爭(尤指第一次世界大戰)
at war
處於交戰狀態:處於一種衝突或爭論的活躍狀態
The book gave a graphic description of the war.
這本書生動地描述了戰爭的情況.
May there never be another world war.
但願不再有世界大戰.
The war swallowed up many young men into its maw.
戰爭把許多青年男子吞進了它的無底洞.
The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的戰爭中,這位將軍曾當過士兵.
This is a factual account of the war.
這是一篇有關這場戰爭的真實報道.