英语释义

1. a general encounter between armies, ships of war, or aircraft
the battle of Normandy soldiers who fell in battle

2. an extended contest, struggle, or controversy
a battle of wits

3. a struggle to succeed or survive
her battle with cancer … I came home and faced an uphill battle to gain support for the treaty in the U.S. Senate.
— Al Gore

4. a combat between two persons

5. battalion

6. to engage in a fight or struggle
… used to do battle with the fearless radicals of the Socialist Workers Party …
— Salman Rushdie

7. an important and necessary part of doing or achieving something
I think you will prosper, for the sincere wish to be good is half the battle.
— Louisa May Alcott In the positioning war, half the battle is picking the right enemy.
— Ted Morgan —often used with words like only and just to stress that something is not enough by itself to achieve a desired goal
Selecting which partners and investors to woo is only half the battle. Knowing how to pitch them is equally important.
— Michelle Goodman

8. while fighting a battle
soldiers in the heat of battle during the stress of a struggle, argument, or confrontation
That's how we fight our battles in boxing … In the heat of battle we all say crazy things we are not accountable for.
— Bob Arum

9. to engage in combat between individuals or armed forces to engage in battle fight
battling for control of the bridge

10. to contend with full strength, vigor, skill, or resources struggle
They battled to keep their son out of jail. battling over how to spend the money

11. to fight or struggle against
battling cancer two teams set to battle each other for the championship battling it out in the courtroom

12. to force, thrust, or drive by battling
battling his way through the crowd

13. to engage in a prolonged fight, argument, or struggle
The two sides battled it out in court. … predicting that she and her 15-year-old sister, Serena, would soon be battling it out for No. 1.
— S. L. Price

14. to fortify with battlements
… beneath the battled tower.
— Alfred Tennyson

15. a military fight between groups of soldiers, ships, airplanes, etc.

16. a violent fight in which people use weapons

17. a fight between people or groups in which each side tries to win a contest (such as a game or an election) or to gain control of something (such as a company)

18. a fight between armies, warships, or airplanes

19. a fight between two persons or animals

20. a long or hard struggle or contest
the battle against hunger

21. warfare sense 1, combat

22. to engage in fighting

23. to try to stop or defeat
battling a forest fire

英汉例句

• some 354 top manicurists from 24 countries gather in london to battle it out for medals in nailympics 2010, the 6th 「olympic games of fake nails」.

  英国伦敦近日举办第6届「美甲甲林匹克」，吸引全球24个国家和地区约354名美甲高手。

• the candidates will battle it out on the stump.

  其他候选者将在辩论台上激烈的抨击它。

• according to daily mail sept. 24, some 354 top manicurists from 24 countries gather in london to battle it out for medals in nailympics 2010, the 6th 「olympic games of fake nails」.

  据英国每日邮报9月24日报道，英国伦敦近日举办第6届「美甲甲林匹克」，吸引全球24个国家和地区约354名美甲高手。

• chengdu, capital of the southwest province of sichuan, is on the front lines of china「s automobile price wars, as companies battle it out in an increasingly crowded market.

  随着市场日渐饱和，作为西南大省四川的省会，成都成为中国汽车价格战的「前线」之一。

• they will also attempt to offload craig bellamy to west ham, aston villa, newcastle or blackburn, leaving peter crouch, dirk kuyt and andriy voronin to battle it out for a place alongside torres.

  利物浦也可能会将卡拉格·贝拉米遗弃到西汉姆联队，阿斯顿维拉，纽卡斯尔或是布莱克本，让比特·克劳奇，德克·库伊特和安德里希·沃勒宁竞争出一个位置与托雷斯搭档。

• the dream match had finally come as the world no. 1 and 2 were set to battle it out for badminton」s most prestigious title.

  梦幻般的比赛终于到来，世界排名第一第二的选手将为争夺羽毛球运动中最具声望的冠军头衔而决一雌雄。

• especially watch google and microsoft battle it out in this domain.

  特别要关注google和微软在这一领域的争斗。

• four teams are going to battle it out tonight in the semifinals.

  四个队将在今晚的半决赛中决一胜负。

• feel the action as you serve, spike and battle it out in the variety of modes.

  觉得行动正如你服务，穗和作战出来，在不同的模式。

• this organism likes the same warm, moist habitats as p. aeruginosa and the two battle it out in a bid to colonise their human hosts, deploying quorum-sensing signals as weapons against each other.

  这种生物跟绿脓桿菌一样也喜欢温暖潮湿的居住环境，于是一场争夺他们共同人类宿主殖民地的殊死争斗在两者之间展开，各自动用群体感应信号武器攻击对方。

• four teams are going to battle it out tonight in semifinals.

  四个队将在今晚的半决赛中决一胜负。

• select your hero and battle it out squares and blades style!

  选择您的英雄和战斗出来的广场和叶片的作风！

• with no map and both the night goblins and skaven adding to the already labyrinthine passageways, grimgor retired to the upper levels, leaving his followers to battle it out in the depths.

  没带地图的格里姆格一路从充斥着鼠人和夜地精的巷道迷宫杀回地表，把地底的混战留给它的手下。

• obama「s approval rating has slipped in the polls of late and that has encouraged the dozen or so republicans who are preparing to battle it out for their party」s presidential nomination next year.

  这个事实让十几位共和党人受到鼓舞，他们正準备竞选明年的共和党总统候选人。

• battle it out for our reputation!

  要为荣誉而战啊！

• despite their dignified statements, demi is now gearing up to battle it out over their $290m fortune after enduring public humiliation because of his alleged infidelity.

  尽管两人发表敬重的声明，黛米现在还是準备为争夺他们的2.9亿美元家产而战斗。之前，艾什顿屡次偷腥令黛米蒙羞。

• giant robots from space battle it out over the course of this movie and its sequel, causing quite a bit of damage along the way.

  贯穿这部电影始终的就是一大群历经大空大战的巨大机器人来到地球，一路在各地造成巨大的破坏。

• after some mistakes from alsop , jon was able to stretch out a lead and left alsop battle it out with boots.

  之后，一些错误从艾索普，琼得以舒展了铅和左艾索普战役，它与靴子。

相似词

fight打架；斗争；竞赛；拳击赛；争论；战斗；斗志

fray(Fray) （美、英、法、俄）弗雷（人名）

scrabble抓，扒；摸索；努力，尽力；挣扎；涂鸦；(Scrabble) （商标）拼字游戏

struggle斗争；沖突；使劲；奋斗；难事

throes苦苦挣扎；使受痛苦（throe的第三人称单数）