fighting

1. VERB 与…作斗争;坚决反对
   If you fight something unpleasant, you try in a determined way to prevent it or stop it happening.
   1. Mother Teresa is an elderly nun who has devoted her life to fighting poverty...
      德肋撒嬷嬷是一位毕生致力于消除贫困事业的年迈修女。
   2. More units to fight forest fires are planned...
      计划设立更多单位防控森林火灾。
   3. I've spent a lifetime fighting against racism and prejudice.
      我一辈子都在同种族主义和偏见作斗争。
   4. Fight is also a noun.
      
   5. ...the fight against drug addiction.
      与毒瘾的斗争
2. VERB (为…而)斗争;努力争取
   If you fight for something, you try in a determined way to get it or achieve it.
   1. Our Government should be fighting for an end to food subsidies...
      我们政府应该努力废止食物补贴。
   2. Lee had to fight hard for his place on the expedition...
      李不得不为在考察队中获得一席之地而苦苦争取。
   3. I told him how we had fought to hold on to the company...
      我给他讲了我们是如何极力争取保住公司的。
   4. The team has fought its way to the cup final.
      这支队伍一路拼杀闯进了杯赛的决赛。
   5. Fight is also a noun.
      
   6. I too am committing myself to continue the fight for justice.
      我本人也保证将继续为正义而战。
3. V-RECIP 进行(战斗、对抗等);打(仗)
   If an army or group fights a battle with another army or group, they oppose each other with weapons. You can also say that two armies or groups fight a battle.
   1. The two men fought a battle over land and water rights...
      这两个男人为土地和水的使用权发生了争斗。
   2. In the latest incident at the weekend police fought a gun battle with a gang which used hand grenades against them...
      在周末发生的最近一起暴力事件中，警方与向他们投掷手榴弹的一伙匪徒展开了枪战。
   3. The Sioux had always fought other tribes for territorial rights.
      苏人总是为领地权与其他部落作战。
4. See also: He fought in the war and was taken prisoner by the Americans... If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country... My father did leave his university to fight the Germans... Last month rebels fought their way into the capital. dogfight
5. V-RECIP (和…)打架;(同…)打斗;(与…)搏斗
   If one person fights with another, or fights them, the two people hit or kick each other because they want to hurt each other. You can also say that two people fight .
   1. As a child she fought with her younger sister...
      她小时候会和妹妹打架。
   2. I did fight him, I punched him but it was like hitting a wall...
      我确实和他打了起来，我挥拳向他猛击，但就像打在墙上一样。
   3. He wrenched the crutch from Jacob, who didn't fight him for it...
      他猛地抢走了雅各布的拐杖，而雅各布并没有反抗。
   4. I refuse to act that way when my kids fight...
      我的孩子们打起架来时，我不会那样做。
   5. You get a lot of unruly drunks fighting each other.
      有很多无法无天的醉鬼在相互斗殴。
   6. Fight is also a noun.
      
   7. He had had a fight with Smith and bloodied his nose.
      他和史密斯打了一架，把后者的鼻子打出了血。
6. V-RECIP (和…)争吵;(同…)吵架;(与…)争论
   If one person fights with another, or fights them, they have an angry disagreement or quarrel. You can also say that two people fight .
   1. She was always arguing with him and fighting with him...
      她总是跟他争辩吵嘴。
   2. Gwendolen started fighting her teachers...
      格温德琳开始同老师争执起来。
   3. Mostly, they fight about paying bills.
      通常他们是为谁来支付账单而争吵。
   4. Fight is also a noun.
      
   5. We think maybe he took off because he had a big fight with his dad the night before.
      我们觉得他突然走掉也许是因为头天晚上和爸爸大吵了一架。
7. VERB 努力辟出(一条路)
   If you fight your way to a place, you move towards it with great difficulty, for example because there are a lot of people or obstacles in your way.
   1. I fought my way into a carriage just before the doors closed...
      我刚挤进车厢，车门就关上了。
   2. Peter fought his way through a blizzard to save one of the chickens.
      彼得为了救其中一只鸡在暴风雪中艰难前行。
8. N-COUNT (一场)拳击赛
   A fight is a boxing match.
   1. This was Hyer's last fight, for no one else challenged him...
      这是海尔的最后一场比赛，因为再没有人向他发起挑战。
   2. The referee stopped the fight.
      裁判叫停了比赛。
9. VERB 参加拳击赛
   To fight means to take part in a boxing match.
   1. In a few hours' time one of the world's most famous boxers will be fighting in Britain for the first time...
      几个小时后，世界最著名的拳击手之一将开始其在英国的首场比赛。
   2. I'd like to fight him because he's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him...
      我想和他对阵，因为他从没有输过，而我想成为打败他的第一人。
   3. I'd like to fight him for the title.
      我想和他进行一场拳击比赛，争夺这一头衔。
10. VERB 参加(竞选以期获胜)
    If you fight an election, you are a candidate in the election and try to win it.
    1. The former party treasurer helped raise almost £40 million to fight the election campaign.
       该党的前任财政部长帮助筹集了近 4,000 万英镑用于竞选。
11. N-COUNT 竞赛;比赛
    You can use fight to refer to a contest such as an election or a sports match.
    1. ...the fight for power between the two parties.
       两党间的权力之争
12. VERB 进行(诉讼、辩护等);打(官司)
    If you fight a case or a court action, you make a legal case against someone in a very determined way, or you put forward a defence when a legal case is made against you.
    1. Watkins sued the Army and fought his case in various courts for 10 years...
       沃特金斯将军队诉至法院，并在各级法庭打了 10 年的官司。
    2. The newspaper is fighting a damages action brought by the actress.
       这家报纸正和提起损害赔偿诉讼的女演员对簿公堂。
13. N-UNCOUNT 斗志;战斗力
    Fight is the desire or ability to keep fighting.
    1. I thought that we had a lot of fight in us.
       我觉得我们斗志高昂。
14. VERB 努力克制，竭力抑制(感情或欲望)
    If you fight an emotion or desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it, but do not always succeed.
    1. I desperately fought the urge to giggle...
       我拼命地想忍住笑。
    2. He fought with the urge to smoke one of the cigars he'd given up awhile ago...
       他努力克制自己的烟瘾，不去抽一支戒掉没多久的雪茄。
    3. He fought to be patient with her.
       他竭力耐住性子对她。
15. 呼吸困难;吸气费力
    If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.
16. PHRASE 经过努力才能成功的机会;需要极大好运的机会
    If you have a fighting chance of doing or achieving something, it is possible that you will do or achieve it, but only if you make a great effort or are very lucky.
    1. When they didn't shoot at me right away, I figured I had a fighting chance.
       当他们没有立即向我开枪时，我估摸自己还有一线生机。
17. PHRASE 非常健康;极为强健
    If you describe someone as fighting fit, you are emphasizing that they are very fit or healthy.
    1. After a good night's sleep I feel fighting fit again.
       昨夜睡得很香，我又觉得自己精力充沛了。
18. PHRASE 与死神殊死搏斗;奋力求生
    Someone who is fighting for their life is making a great effort to stay alive, either when they are being physically attacked or when they are very ill.
    1. He is still fighting for his life in hospital.
       他仍在医院与死神搏斗。
19. to fight a losing battle → see: battle
20. fight to the finish → see: finish
21. . to fight fire with fire → see: fire
22. . to fight shy → see: shy
23. PHRASAL VERB 奋力抵抗;反击;还击
    If you fight back against someone or something that is attacking or harming you, you resist them actively or attack them.
    1. The teenage attackers fled when the two men fought back...
       当那两名男子还击时，袭击他们的少年逃之夭夭。
    2. We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption.
       司法制度有能力惩治腐败，这应使我们感到些许欣慰。
24. PHRASAL VERB 强忍住，抑制住(感情或欲望)
    If you fight back an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it.
    1. She fought back the tears.
       她强忍住眼泪。
25. PHRASAL VERB 强忍住，抑制住(感情或欲望)
    If you fight down an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it.
    1. Meg fought down the desire to run...
       梅格极力忍住不跑。
    2. He looked at the telephone, fighting down first the despair and then the anger.
       他看着电话，把绝望和愤怒一一压下。
26. PHRASAL VERB 抵抗，战胜(疾病);摆脱(不快)
    If you fight off something, for example an illness or an unpleasant feeling, you succeed in getting rid of it and in not letting it overcome you.
    1. Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body's ability to fight off infection...
       可惜的是，这些药物毒性很大，会削弱身体对感染的抵抗力。
    2. All day she had fought off the impulse to telephone Harry.
       她一整天都在克制自己想给哈里打电话的冲动。
27. PHRASAL VERB 击退;打退
    If you fight off someone who has attacked you, you fight with them, and succeed in making them go away or stop attacking you.
    1. The woman fought off the attacker.
       这名女子打跑了袭击她的人。
28. PHR-V-RECIP 在…上一争高下;通过比出胜负解决
    If two people or groups fight something out, they fight or argue until one of them wins.
    1. Instead of retaliating, he walks away leaving his team-mates to fight it out...
       他没有以牙还牙，而是径直走开，让队友去争出个结果。
    2. Malcolm continued to fight it out with Julien from his self-imposed exile in Paris.
       马尔科姆自我放逐到了巴黎，但他继续要和朱利恩斗到底。

1. This weekend's fighting is threatening to burst into full-scale war
   本周末的冲突有升级成全面战争的危险。
2. The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed.
   必须保证陷入战斗中的平民的人身安全。
3. Any hostilities could result in retaliation and further embroil U.N. troops in fighting.
   任何敌对行为都可能招致报复，进而使联合国部队卷入战斗。
4. Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day ceasefire
   在停火两天后，今天那里爆发了激烈的战斗。
5. When she had departed, they fell to fighting among themselves.
   她走后，他们便互相打了起来。
6. I've spent a lifetime fighting against racism and prejudice.
   我一辈子都在同种族主义和偏见作斗争。
7. The newspaper is fighting a damages action brought by the actress.
   这家报纸正和提起损害赔偿诉讼的女演员对簿公堂。
8. After a good night's sleep I feel fighting fit again.
   昨夜睡得很香，我又觉得自己精力充沛了。
9. He is still fighting for his life in hospital.
   他仍在医院与死神搏斗。
10. He looked at the telephone, fighting down first the despair and then the anger.
    他看着电话，把绝望和愤怒一一压下。
11. I met one woman whose tiny baby had just died and whose other child was fighting for its life.
    我遇到了一个女人，她那一点点大的小宝宝刚刚死去，另一个孩子也在死亡线上挣扎。
12. Heavy fighting has been going on after the guerrillas had launched their offensive
    游击队发起攻击后，激烈的战斗一直持续不断。
13. The women and children spent a nerve-racking day outside waiting while fighting continued around them
    女人和孩子们在外面紧张不安地挨过了一天，而战斗仍在她们身边继续。
14. They care for nothing but fighting.
    他们只知道打架，什么也不关心。
15. They had already begun fighting over her.
    他们已经开始为了她你争我夺。
16. There is a chance that the phoney war of the past three months will turn into real fighting.
    过去3个月的虚张声势有可能演变成真正的战争。
17. Keep in mind you're going to be fighting lots of men who hit plenty hard.
    记住你要和许多出拳非常凶狠的人交手。
18. Both sides have been reinforcing their positions after yesterday's fierce fighting
    双方经过昨天的激战后都在向各自的阵地增派兵力。
19. There was renewed fighting yesterday.
    昨天战斗重新打响了。
20. More than two hundred people have reportedly been killed in the past week's fighting
    据说在上一周的战斗中有200多人丧生。
21. The area has been the scene of fierce fighting for three months
    这一地区3个月以来不断发生激战。
22. He has asked the government to send in troops to end the fighting.
    他已经要求政府派军队来平息这场战斗。
23. Guerrillas avoid fighting set-piece battles
    游击队避免打部署严密的战斗。
24. The fighting broke out about two hours after sundown.
    日落后大约两小时战斗打响了。
25. The victory looks rather hollow. That takes nothing away from the courage and skill of the fighting forces.
    胜利只是表面的，可这丝毫无损于战斗部队的勇气和技术。
26. The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war
    这场战斗有可能会演变为全面的战争。
27. The fighting of recent days has given way to an uneasy truce between the two sides
    最近几天的交战结束了，双方达成了暂时的休战协议。
28. Long years of fighting made him a commander with both skill and dash.
    多年的战斗生活把他锻炼成了一个智勇双全的指挥员。
29. We must learn from the tenacious fighting spirit of Lu Xun.
    我们要学习鲁迅先生韧性的战斗精神。

noun

1. the act of fighting
   1. a fight broke out at the hockey game
   2. there was fighting in the streets
   3. the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap

   Synonym:    fightcombatscrap