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

片语

battle it out打出胜负，奋力争夺

battle of britain不列颠之战（1940年7至10月英德空军的一系列战斗）；伦敦上空的鹰（电影名称）

half the battle有助于成功的条件；成功一半

Tribal Battles部落战斗

give the battle认输；打败仗

battle against斗争；与…战斗

Dofus Battles龙梦幻境

give battle挑战

Final Battles最终决战

Highway Battles现有模式高速公路决斗

Arcane Battles奥术战役

battle line战线；主战部队

battle group战斗群

battle royal混战；激战；激烈的争论

have the battle战胜

losing battle必败之仗

WINNING BATTLES赢得战斗

fall in battle阵亡

battle cry吶喊；战斗口号；标语（体育竞赛中）

battle effectiveness战斗力

battle field战场

Starship Battles星河战役

Snail Battles蜗牛突击

pitched battle激战

in battle在战斗中；在战争中

battle of life生存的斗争

battle for为……斗争

Backyard Battles后院战争

battle with与…战斗

英汉例句

• I remember some of the fiercest battles of the war in Croatia were fought on the so-called Highway of Brotherhood and Unity.

  我还记得，当年克罗地亚那些最猛烈的战斗是发生在在所谓的「兄弟友谊与团结」高速公路上。

• This is partly because of the attention given to the restitution battles over his work and the prices paid for those restituted.

  部分原因是，人们开始关注关于克利姆特作品的所偿还斗争，以及偿还所造成的代价。

• He fought many hard battles and achieved notable merits, but he remains humble in spirits.

  他参加过许多战役，立下了汗马功劳，但他仍然很谦虚。

• 「Although we can never travel back in time to know exactly why or how this arithmetic ability evolved in humans, social battles might have something to do with it,」 she said.

  她说：「虽然我们无法再次回到过去，以清楚了了解人类为什么，或是如何发展这种数学能力，但是群居斗争也许多多少少有些联系。」

• He is the only One who can help us victoriously fight through the battles of life.

  主是唯一可以帮助我们打赢生命中的每一场战役的。

• EVEN AS BP battles to check the damage caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, India is showing how far it is from recovering from its own worst industrial accident.

  即使英国石油公司，检查了战斗在墨西哥湾的石油泄漏造成的损害，印度正在显示有多大自己从最严重的工业意外康复的。

• We, the soldiers who have returned from battles stained with blood..., say to you today, in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears.

  我们，从战场上返回、身上沾满鲜血的战士们，今天我要用响亮清晰的声音对你们说：鲜血和眼泪已经流得够多了。

• We have come a long way since the Victorian circus freak-show, although there are still battles to be overcome.

  自维多利亚时代的马戏团怪胎秀以来，我们走过了漫长的一程，但前路仍是有待克服的战斗。

• Accounts of this series of battles have often been prettified.

  有关这一连串的战役的叙述常常被加以美化。

• Part of the reason we are blinkered about the struggles of women in poorer countries is that here in the rich west, many battles have been won.

  我们之所以会对穷国妇女的痛苦挣扎视而不见，部分原因是我们身处西方。在这里，许多斗争都已取得了胜利。

• After the turf battles that the young mice inevitably lost, the mice were separated by a partition that allowed them to see, smell, and hear one another - a stressful experience for the loser.

  经过一番艰苦战斗，小鼠们不可避免地输了，他们与大鼠被一块隔板分开，但是他们可以看见、闻到和听到对方——对失败者来说可很有压力啊。

• What if it burnished your rep as a dangerous character, making future quest opponents so scared of you that some battles became simpler?

  它给你的名声镀上一层危险的属性，使你以后任务中的对手万分恐惧，让某些战斗变得轻松，这样如何？

• Less fun is fighting the new enemy: development and urban sprawl, which is threatening to pave over historic sites, especially in Virginia where many of the big battles took place.

  和新的敌人——发展和城市的扩张战斗却没有那么有趣，它们威胁到碾平历史的遗址，特别是发生了许多大战斗的弗吉尼亚州。

• Sure, some battles may turn into disorganized fire-fights. But, on the whole, wars are fought (and won!) by those armies with command of war strategy and battlefield tactics.

  当然，有些战斗可能变成毫无组织的交火；但是，战争基本上就是那些执行战略和战术命令的军队互相交战（和取胜！）

• Yet the insect battles on.

  但是这些昆虫仍在战斗。

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）