fighting

1. V-T/V-I If you fight something unpleasant, you try in a determined way to prevent it or stop it from happening. 與…作斗爭

More units to fight forest fires are planned. 已經(jīng)計劃增派部隊(duì)來撲滅森林大火。

I've spent a lifetime fighting against racism and prejudice. 我花了畢生的時間與種族歧視和偏見作斗爭。

2. N-COUNT Fight is also a noun. 斗爭

...the fight against drug addiction. …與毒品上癮的斗爭。

3. V-I If you fight for something, you try in a determined way to get it or achieve it. 奮斗

Lee had to fight hard for his place on the expedition. 李必須為他在考察隊(duì)的一席之地而努力奮斗。

I told him how we had fought to hold on to the company. 我告訴他我們是如何為保住公司而奮斗的。

4. N-COUNT Fight is also a noun. 奮斗

I too am committing myself to continue the fight for justice. 我也正致力于繼續(xù)正義之戰(zhàn)。

5. V-T/V-I If a person or army fights in a battle or a war, they take part in it. 參戰(zhàn)

He fought in the war and was taken prisoner by the Americans. 他參加了戰(zhàn)爭，后來被美軍俘虜。

If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country. 如果我還是個年輕人，我寧可坐牢也不愿為這個國家去打仗。

6. fightingN-UNCOUNT 戰(zhàn)斗

More than nine hundred people have died in the fighting. 九百多人在這場戰(zhàn)斗中死去。

7. V-T If you fight your way to a place, you move toward it with great difficulty, for example, because there are a lot of people or obstacles in your way. 擠

I fought my way into a carriage just before the doors closed. 我正好在車門關(guān)閉之前擠進(jìn)了一節(jié)車廂。

8. V-T/V-I To fight means to take part in a boxing match. 參加拳擊賽

In a few hours' time one of the world's most famous boxers will be fighting here for the first time. 再過幾個小時，世界最著名的拳擊手之一將首次在這里參加比賽。

I'd like to fight him because he's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him. 我想跟他比賽拳擊，因?yàn)樗麖奈幢淮驍∵^，而我想成為第一個戰(zhàn)勝他的人。

9. V-T If you fight an election, you are a candidate in the election and try to win it. 參加 (競選)

He helped raise almost $40 million to fight the election campaign. 他幫忙募集了將近四千萬美元來參加競選活動。

10. V-T 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. 打 (官司)

Watkins sued the Army and fought his case in various courts for 10 years. 沃特金斯起訴了軍隊(duì)并用10年在不同的法庭打他的官司。

11. V-T/V-I 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. 克制

I desperately fought the urge to giggle. 我拼命地忍著不笑。

He fought with the urge to smoke one of the cigars he'd given up a while ago. 他克制自己的煙癮，不去想剛才沒吸的那支雪茄。

12. V-RECIP 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. 打 (仗)

Police fought a gun battle with a gang which used hand grenades against them. 警察與使用手榴彈的一個團(tuán)伙進(jìn)行了槍戰(zhàn)。

13. V-RECIP 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. 打架

As a child she fought with her younger sister. 小時候她跟她的妹妹打過架。

I did fight him, I punched him but it was like hitting a wall. 我確實(shí)打了他，我用拳頭打他，卻像打在一面墻上。

14. N-COUNT Fight is also a noun. 打架[oft N 'with' n]

He had a fight with Smith and bloodied his nose. 他跟史密斯打了一架，把他的鼻子打出了血。

15. V-RECIP If one person fights with another, or fights them, they have an angry disagreement or quarrel. You can also say that two people fight. 吵架[非正式]

She was always arguing with him and fighting with him. 她總是跟他爭論和吵架。

Gwendolen started fighting her teachers. 格溫德琳開始和她的老師們爭吵。

16. N-COUNT Fight is also a noun. 吵架

We think maybe he took off because he had a big fight with his dad the night before. 我們認(rèn)為或許他離開是因?yàn)樗退赣H在前天晚上大吵了一架。

17. N-COUNT A fight is a boxing match. 拳擊賽

The referee stopped the fight. 裁判叫停了那場拳擊賽。

18. N-COUNT You can use fight to refer to a contest such as an election or a sports competition. 角逐[journalism]

...the fight for power between the two parties. …兩黨之間權(quán)力的角逐。

19. N-UNCOUNT Fight is the desire or ability to keep fighting. 斗志

I thought that we had a lot of fight in us. 我認(rèn)為我們斗志昂揚(yáng)。

20. PHRASE 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. 與死神作斗爭

He is still fighting for his life in the hospital. 他還在醫(yī)院里與死神作斗爭。