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N-VAR
戰役；戰斗
A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
例句
...the victory of King William III at the Battle of the Boyne.
國王威廉三世在博因河戰役中的勝利
...after a gun battle between police and drug traffickers.
在警察和毒販子一番槍戰之后
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N-COUNT
（為爭取成功或控制權的）斗爭，沖突
A battle is a conflict in which different people or groups compete in order to achieve success or control.
例句
...a renewed political battle over Britain's attitude to Europe.
圍繞英國對歐洲的態度問題展開的新一輪政治斗爭
...the eternal battle between good and evil in the world.
世界上正義與邪惡的永恒斗爭
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N-COUNT
（在艱難環境中的）奮爭，斗爭
You can use battle to refer to someone's efforts to achieve something in spite of very difficult circumstances.
例句
...the battle against crime...
打擊犯罪的斗爭
She has fought a constant battle with her weight...
她一直在竭力控制體重。
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V-RECIP
與…抗爭；與…搏斗；同…作戰
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.
例句
Thousands of people battled with police and several were reportedly wounded...
數千人與警方發生沖突，據報道有數人在沖突中受傷。
The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16...
雙方將在12月16日再次交鋒以爭奪進入四分之一決賽的席位。
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VERB
奮戰；（與…）搏斗（在英國英語中用battle against something或with something，在美國英語中用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.
例句
Doctors battled throughout the night to save her life.
醫生們徹夜奮戰來挽救她的生命。
...a lone yachtsman returning from his months of battling with the elements...
只身駕駛游艇與惡劣天氣搏斗數月后成功歸航的人
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PHR-RECIP
作戰；交戰；競爭
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 .
例句
...the notorious Montonero guerrilla group who did battle with the army during the dirty war...
曾在那場骯臟的戰爭中與這支部隊交戰的臭名昭著的蒙特內羅游擊隊
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，一家英國公司和一家美國公司將會在最高法院就光盤壓制權展開爭奪。
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PHRASE
成功的一半；成功的重要條件
If you say that something is half the battle, you mean that it is the most important step towards achieving something.
例句
Choosing the right type of paint for the job is half the battle.
選對了涂料，這項工作就成功了一半。
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PHRASE
戰線已劃定；對壘之勢已成
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.
例句
The battle lines were drawn after the government refused to budge from its final offer.
政府拒絕改變其最后條件之后，雙方對立態勢趨向明朗。
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PHRASE
作無望成功的嘗試
If you are fighting a losing battle, you are trying to achieve something but are not going to be successful.
例句
The crew fought a losing battle to try to restart the engines.
全體船員努力嘗試重新啟動發動機，但結果徒勞無功。
...on a day when the sun is fighting a losing battle against the lowering clouds.
那天，太陽慢慢被低垂的云層遮蔽起來。
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PHR-RECIP
一決勝負；一決高低
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 .
例句
In the Cup Final, Leeds battled it out with the old enemy, Manchester United...
在足總杯決賽中，利茲聯隊和宿敵曼徹斯特聯隊一決勝負。
Barbados could have three new political parties battling it out in the next General Election.
在下一屆大選中，巴巴多斯可能有三個新的政黨參加角逐。
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PHRASE
雖敗猶勝/ 雖勝猶敗
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.
例句
The strikers may have won the battle, but they lost the war.
罷工者們雖勝猶敗。
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PHRASE
考驗意志的持久戰
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.
例句
The President offered compromises to parliament to defuse the battle of wills over who should wield power.
總統對國會作出讓步，以求結束這場曠日持久的權力爭斗。
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PHRASE
智慧的較量；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.
例句
With chess you're involved in a battle of wits from start to finish.
下國際象棋從頭到尾都是在比拼智慧。