battle

1. 战役；战斗
A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.

e.g. ...the victory of King William III at the Battle of the Boyne.
国王威廉三世在博因河战役中的胜利
e.g. ...after a gun battle between police and drug traffickers.
在警察和毒贩子一番枪战之后

2. （为争取成功或控制权的）斗争，冲突
A battle is a conflict in which different people or groups compete in order to achieve success or control.

e.g. ...a renewed political battle over Britain's attitude to Europe.
围绕英国对欧洲的态度问题展开的新一轮政治斗争
e.g. ...the eternal battle between good and evil in the world.
世界上正义与邪恶的永恒斗争

3. （在艰难环境中的）奋争，斗争
You can use battle to refer to someone's efforts to achieve something in spite of very difficult circumstances.

e.g. ...the battle against crime...
打击犯罪的斗争
e.g. She has fought a constant battle with her weight...
她一直在竭力控制体重。

4. 与…抗争；与…搏斗；同…作战
To battle with an opposing group means to take part in a fight or contest against them. In American English, you can also say that one group or person is battling another.

e.g. Thousands of people battled with police and several were reportedly wounded...
数千人与警方发生冲突，据报道有数人在冲突中受伤。
e.g. The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16...
双方将在12月16日再次交锋以争夺进入四分之一决赛的席位。

5. 奋战；（与…）搏斗（在英国英语中用battle against something或with something，在美国英语中用battle something）
To battle means to try hard to do something in spite of very difficult circumstances. In British English, you battle against something or with something. In American English, you battle something.

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e.g. Doctors battled throughout the night to save her life.
医生们彻夜奋战来挽救她的生命。
e.g. ...a lone yachtsman returning from his months of battling with the elements...
只身驾驶游艇与恶劣天气搏斗数月后成功归航的人

6. see also: pitched battle;running battle

7. 作战；交战；竞争
If one person or group does battle with another, they take part in a battle or contest against them. You can also say that two people or groups do battle .

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e.g. ...the notorious Montonero guerrilla group who did battle with the army during the dirty war...
曾在那场肮脏的战争中与这支部队交战的臭名昭著的蒙特内罗游击队
e.g. This March, a British and an American company will do battle in the High Court over the right to press compact discs.
今年3月，一家英国公司和一家美国公司将会在最高法院就光盘压制权展开争夺。

8. 成功的一半；成功的重要条件
If you say that something is half the battle, you mean that it is the most important step towards achieving something.

e.g. Choosing the right type of paint for the job is half the battle.
选对了涂料，这项工作就成功了一半。

9. 战线已划定；对垒之势已成
If you say that the battle lines are drawn between opposing groups or people, you mean that they are ready to start fighting or arguing, and that it has become clear what the main points of conflict or disagreement will be.

e.g. The battle lines were drawn after the government refused to budge from its final offer.
政府拒绝改变其最后条件之后，双方对立态势趋向明朗。

10. 作无望成功的尝试
If you are fighting a losing battle, you are trying to achieve something but are not going to be successful.

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e.g. The crew fought a losing battle to try to restart the engines.
全体船员努力尝试重新启动发动机，但结果徒劳无功。
e.g. ...on a day when the sun is fighting a losing battle against the lowering clouds.
那天，太阳慢慢被低垂的云层遮蔽起来。

11. 一决胜负；一决高低
If one group or person battles it out with another, they take part in a fight or contest against each other until one of them wins or a definite result is reached. You can also say that two groups or two people battle it out .

e.g. In the Cup Final, Leeds battled it out with the old enemy, Manchester United...
在足总杯决赛中，利兹联队和宿敌曼彻斯特联队一决胜负。
e.g. Barbados could have three new political parties battling it out in the next General Election.
在下一届大选中，巴巴多斯可能有三个新的政党参加角逐。

12. 虽败犹胜/ 虽胜犹败
If you say that someone has lost the battle ,but won the war, you mean that although they have been defeated in a small conflict they have won a larger, more important one of which it was a part. If you say that someone has won the battle but lost the war, you mean that they have won the small conflict but lost the larger one.

e.g. The strikers may have won the battle, but they lost the war.
罢工者们虽胜犹败。

13. 考验意志的持久战
A battle of wills is a situation that involves people who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.

e.g. The President offered compromises to parliament to defuse the battle of wills over who should wield power.
总统对国会作出让步，以求结束这场旷日持久的权力争斗。

14. 智慧的较量；斗智
If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force.

e.g. With chess you're involved in a battle of wits from start to finish.
下国际象棋从头到尾都是在比拼智慧。

1. 作战：而作战序列(battle of order)通常指在同一战役(campaign)时期内所发生过的各种大规模作战(battle)所需兵力而纳入作战编制的各种单位.