| 复合形式： |
| act of war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (action that provokes a war) | 战争行为
zhàn zhēng xíng wéi |
| | | 侵略行为
qīn lüè xíng wéi |
| | The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was an act of war, provoking the US to enter WWII. |
| all-out war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (full-scale combat) | 全面战争
quán miàn zhàn zhēng |
| | The drug cartels along the US-Mexico border have declared an all-out war against law enforcement. |
antiwar,
anti-war adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (against armed conflict) | 反对战争的
fǎn duì zhàn zhēng de |
| | | 反战的
fǎn zhàn de |
| art of war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (military strategy) | 战争艺术
zhàn zhēng yì shù |
| | General Patton was an avid student of the art of war. |
| at war adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (engaged in armed conflict) | 战时
zhàn shí |
| | | 战争中
zhàn zhēng zhōng |
| | | 处于交战状态
chǔ yú jiāo zhàn zhuàng tài |
| | We are at war. |
| at war adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (in conflict, in a dispute) | 发生争执
fā shēng zhēng zhí |
| | | 口角
kǒu jué |
| at war with [sb] adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (in armed conflict) | 与…交战
yǔ … jiāo zhàn |
| | | 与…处于交战状态
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| | Britain had been at war with France since 1803. |
| at war with [sb] adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative (in a dispute) | 与…发生争执
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| | | 与…发生口角
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| | Mr Ellis has been at war with his neighbour Mr Barker about the state of his garden. |
| at war with [sb] adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative (fighting) | 与…打起来
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| | Some militant vegans are at war with meat eaters. |
| at war with [sth] adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative (ideas: conflicting) (思想、观念) | 与…冲突
yǔ chōng tū |
| | The Church has often been openly at war with Marxism. |
| civil war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (country's internal war) | 内战
nèi zhàn |
| | The civil war has displaced almost half the country's population. |
the Civil War,
the American Civil War nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | historical, US (war between US states) | 美国内战
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| | The American Civil War broke out in April 1861. |
| the Cold War nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (hostility: Soviet Union and West) (前苏联和西方国家之间的敌对状态) | 冷战
lěng zhàn |
| | Many people were believed to be spies during the Cold War. |
| cold war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (hostility short of armed warfare) | 冷战
lěng zhàn |
| cold war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (on-going veiled antagonism) (指人际间) | 冷战
lěng zhàn |
| conventional war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (with traditional weapons) | 常规战争
cháng guī zhàn zhēng |
| declaration of war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (formal announcement of war) | 宣战公告
xuān zhàn gōng gào |
| | | 宣战声明
xuān zhàn shēng míng |
| | Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Declaration of War in December of 1941. |
| declare war vtr + n | (state intention to make war) | 宣战
xuān zhàn |
| | On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war. |
declare war on [sb/sth],
declare war against [sb/sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (state intention to make war with) | 向…宣战
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| | France declared war on Prussia on July 19, 1870. On July 28th 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. |
| | 法国在1870年7月19日向普鲁士王国宣战。1914年7月28日，奥匈帝国向塞尔维亚宣战。 |
| declare war on [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (take strong steps against) (比喻) | 宣战
xuān zhàn |
| | President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs in 1971. |
| | 1971年，理查德·尼克松总统向毒品宣战。 |
| gang war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (conflict between urban gangs) (歹徒，帮派) | 打群架
dǎ qún jià |
| | (歹徒，帮派) | 火并，帮派斗殴
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| | Certain urban areas are not safe due to one gang war after another. |
| go to war v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (engage in warfare) | 卷入战争
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| | | 开战
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| | Britain went to war against Germany in 1914. |
| go to war v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (leave for battlefront) | 参战
cān zhàn |
| | The exhibition highlights how many young men went to war from Wells and the surrounding villages. |
| god of war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (mythology: Mars, Ares, Odin, etc.) (神话，包括宙斯、阿瑞斯、欧丁等) | 战神
zhàn shén |
| | Mars was the Roman god of war. |
hawk,
war hawk nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (politics) (政治) | 鹰派，持强硬路线者
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| | The new congressman is a hawk and is trying to raise defense spending again. |
| | 这位新国会议员是鹰派人士，正在努力再次提高国防开支。 |
| holy war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (crusade, religious war) | 圣战
shèng zhàn |
| make love not war interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (pacifist slogan of the 1960s) (20世纪60年代和平主义者的口号) | 要做爱，不要作战
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| | 'Make love not war' was the best-known slogan of the hippy movement. |
| post-war adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (following a major conflict) | 战后的
zhàn hòu de |
| | Post-war Japan experienced tremendous economic growth. |
postwar,
post-war adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (after a war) | 战后的
zhàn hòu de |
postwar,
post-war adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (after Second World War) | 二战后的
èr zhàn hòu de |
| preventive war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (to prevent greater conflict) | 预防性战争
yù fáng xìng zhàn zhēng |
| | Many historians regard World War I as a preventive war. |
| prisoner of war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (captured by enemy) | 战俘，俘虏
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| religious war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (conflict between religions) | 宗教战争
zōng jiào zhàn zhēng |
| | | 圣战
shèng zhàn |
| | The Crusades were part of a religious war between Christians and Muslims. |
Second World War,
World War II,
WWII nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (1939-45 European conflict) | 第二次世界大战
dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn |
| | The Second World War began on 3rd September 1939. |
| state of war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (hostilities between nations) | 战争状态
zhàn zhēng zhuàng tài |
| | They have been in a near-constant state of war for years. |
| Trojan war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | historical (Greeks versus Trojans) (希腊与特洛伊之间的战争) | 特洛伊战争
tè luò yī zhàn zhēng |
| | The Trojan War is recounted in the epic poem "The Iliad" by the Greek poet Homer. |
tug-of-war,
tug of war,
tug-o-war,
tug o' war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (game: pulling on rope) | 拔河
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| | | 拔河比赛
bá hé bǐ sài |
| | The heaviest people are at the back in games of tug-of-war. |
tug-of-war,
tug of war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (struggle, competition) | 激烈竞争
jī liè jìng zhēng |
| | They will not get anything done until they cease this tug-of-war and start pulling in the same direction. |
| wage war vtr + n | (engage in warfare) (本义) | 发动战争
fā dòng zhàn zhēng |
| | England and France waged war for most of the Middle Ages. |
| wage war v | figurative (launch a sustained attack) (比喻) | 发动战争
fā dòng zhàn zhēng |
| | Cameron waged war on Brown's new economic policies. |
| wage war on [sb/sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (launch an attack) | 向...发动战争
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| | | 向...宣战
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| war cabinet nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (government wartime committee) | 战时内阁
zhàn shí nèi gé |
| | The president consulted with his war cabinet before ordering an invasion. |
| war chest nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (money to finance a war) (比喻) | 战争基金
zhàn zhēng jī jīn |
| | We need to double our war chest if we hope to get her elected. |
| war clouds nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | figurative (sign of trouble ahead) (比喻) | 战争的阴云，战争征兆
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| | At the end of the 1930s, war clouds were gathering throughout Europe. |
| war correspondent nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (journalist who reports from war zones) | 战地记者
zhàn dì jì zhě |
| | She started her career in journalism as a war correspondent. |
| war crime nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | usually plural (unacceptable wartime acts) | 战争犯罪
zhàn zhēng fàn zuì |
| | He is awaiting trial in The Hague for war crimes. |
| war cry nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | literal ([sth] shouted in battle to rally soldiers) (本义) | 作战时的呐喊，喊杀声
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| | Hungarian warriors used to shout the war cry "Huj, Huj, Hajrá!". |
| war cry nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (slogan used to rally support) (比喻) | 战斗口号
zhàn dòu kǒu hào |
| | 'No new taxes' became their war cry prior to the election. |
| war economy nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (allocation of resources in wartime) | 战时经济
zhàn shí jīng jì |
| | Many historians agree that the end of the depression of the 1930s was a result of the war economy. |
| war games nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (enactment of battles) | 军事演习
jūn shì yǎn xí |
| | (用士兵模型等在地图上进行的) | 战争游戏
zhàn zhēng yóu xì |
| | Army commanders use war games to sharpen up and practise their tactics. |
| war medal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (military decoration for heroism in war) | 战斗英雄奖章
zhàn dòu yīng xióng jiǎng zhāng |
| | The most prestigious war medal in the United States is the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
| war memorial nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (monument to dead soldiers) | 战争纪念碑
zhàn zhēng jì niàn bēi |
| | The war memorials in Washington, D.C. attract a lot of tourists every year. |
| war of nerves nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (psychological conflict) | 神经战
shén jīng zhàn |
| | The match became a war of nerves, with both players waiting for the other to crack. |
| war of words nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (argument) | 舌战
shé zhàn |
| | | 论战
lùn zhàn |
| | The rival candidates became involved in a nasty war of words. |
| war paint nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (warriors' face paint) (本义) | （美洲印第安人）战斗前涂在脸上的颜料
měi zhōu yìn dì ān rén zhàn dòu qián tú zài liǎn shàng de yán liào |
| | The Apache warrior was wearing war paint and an elaborate headdress. |
| war paint nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative, humorous (make-up) (比喻，幽默用语) | 化妆品
huà zhuāng pǐn |
| | Susan put on her full war paint for the grand ball. |
| war plans nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (military strategy in case of war) | 作战计划
zuò zhàn jì huà |
| war zone nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (area affected by combat) | 交战地带
jiāo zhàn dì dài |
| | | 战区
zhàn qū |
| | The Red Cross evacuated all civilians from the war zone. |
| war-torn adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (ravaged by war) | 遭战争破坏的
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| | | 被战争肆虐的
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warbonnet,
war bonnet nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (North American Indian headdress) | 北美印地安人的羽毛头饰
běi měi yìn dì ān rén de yǔ máo tóu shì |
warship,
war vessel nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (seagoing combat vessel) | 战舰
zhàn jiàn |
| | | 军舰
jūn jiàn |
| | | 舰艇
jiàn tǐng |
| | The warship was capable of firing guns, torpedoes, and missiles. |
| world war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (large-scale international conflict) | 世界大战
shì jiè dà zhàn |
| | Government officials are doing all they can to prevent a world war. |
World War II,
Second World War,
WWII nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (international conflict of 1939-1945) | 第二次世界大战
dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn |
| | The video looks at what life was like for children during World War II. |
World War One,
WWI nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (war: 1914-1919) | 第一次世界大战
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| 备注: 1914至1919年 |
| | Vivien's grandfather fought as a soldier in World War One. |