| 单词 | fight |
| 释义 | fight (faɪt ) Word forms: fights , fighting , fought 1. verb B2 If you fight something unpleasant, you try in a determined way to prevent it or stop it happening. More units to fight forest fires are planned. [VERB noun] I've spent a lifetime fighting against racism and prejudice. [VERB + against] Fight is also a noun. ...the fight against drug addiction. [+ against] 2. verb B2 If you fight for something, you try in a determined way to get it or achieve it. Our members are willing to fight for a decent pay rise. [VERB + for] Lee had to fight hard for his place on the expedition. [VERB for noun] I told him how we had fought to hold on to the company. [VERB to-infinitive] The team has fought its way to the cup final. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: strive, battle, push, struggle Fight is also a noun. I too am committing myself to continue the fight for justice. [+ for] 3. verb B1 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. The two men fought a battle over land and water rights. [V n + over/for] In the latest incident police fought a gun battle with a gang. [VERB noun + with] Clans had fought each other for centuries over ownership of pastures. [V n + for/over] 4. verb B1 If a person or army fights in a battle or a war, they take part in it. He fought in the war and was taken prisoner by the enemy. [VERB] If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country. [VERB + for] My father did leave his university to fight the Germans. [VERB noun] Last month rebels fought their way into the capital. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: take the field, cross swords, taste battle fighting uncountable noun B2 More than nine hundred people have died in the fighting. Synonyms: battle, war, conflict, combat 5. See also dogfight 6. verb B1 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. As a child she fought with her younger sister. [VERB + with] I did fight him, I punched him but it was like hitting a wall. [VERB noun] He wrenched the crutch from Jacob, who didn't fight him for it. [VERB noun + for] I refuse to act that way when my kids fight. [VERB] You get a lot of unruly drunks fighting each other. [VERB noun] Synonyms: brawl, clash, scrap [informal], exchange blows Fight is also a noun. He had had a fight with Smith and bloodied his nose. [+ with] 7. verb B2 If one person fights with another, or fights them, they have an angry disagreement or quarrel. You can also say that two people fight. [informal] She was always arguing with him and fighting with him. [VERB + with] Gwendolen started fighting her teachers. [VERB noun] Mostly, they fight about paying bills. [V + about/over, VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: quarrel, argue, row, dispute Fight is also a noun. We think maybe he took off because he had a big fight with his dad the night before. 8. verb 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. I fought my way into a carriage just before the doors closed. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Peter fought his way through a blizzard to save one of the chickens. [VERB way preposition/adverb] 9. countable noun A fight is a boxing match. This was Hyer's last fight, for no one else challenged him. The referee stopped the fight. Synonyms: match, contest, bout, battle 10. verb To fight means to take part in a boxing match. In a few hours' time one of the world's most famous boxers will be fighting in Britain for the first time. [VERB] I'd like to fight him because he's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him. [VERB noun] I'd like to fight him for the title. [VERB noun + for] Synonyms: box, spar with, exchange blows with 11. verb If you fight an election, you are a candidate in the election and try to win it. The former party treasurer helped raise almost £40 million to fight the election campaign. [VERB noun] 12. countable noun [usually singular] You can use fight to refer to a contest such as an election or a sports match. [journalism] ...the fight for power between the two parties. 13. verb 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. Watkins fought his case in various courts for 10 years. [VERB noun] The newspaper is fighting a damages action brought by the actress. [VERB noun] Synonyms: oppose, face, take on, resist 14. uncountable noun Fight is the desire or ability to keep fighting. I thought that we had a lot of fight in us. Synonyms: resistance, spirit, pluck, militancy 15. verb 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. I desperately fought the urge to giggle. [VERB noun] He fought with the urge to smoke one of the cigars he'd given up a while ago. [VERB + with] He fought to be patient with her. [VERB to-infinitive] Synonyms: repress, control, check, master 16. to fight for breath phrase [VERB inflects] If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult. 17. a fighting chance phrase [usually PHRASE after verb] 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. When they didn't shoot at me right away, I figured I had a fighting chance. 18. fighting fit phrase If you describe someone as fighting fit, you are emphasizing that they are very fit or healthy. [British, emphasis] After a good night's sleep I feel fighting fit again. 19. fight for one's life 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. He is still fighting for his life in hospital. 20. to fight a losing battle phrase If you are fighting a losing battle, you are trying to achieve something but are not going to be successful. The crew fought a losing battle to try to restart the engines. ...on a day when the sun is fighting a losing battle against the lowering clouds. [+ against] 21. fight to the finish phrase A fight to the finish is one in which one of the people or groups fighting is killed or completely defeated. The conflict in the North and East of the island was a fight to the finish. 22. to fight fire with fire phrase [VERB inflects] If you fight fire with fire, you deal with people attacking or threatening you by using similar methods to the ones that they are using. The only way they can deal with crime is to fight fire with fire. 23. to fight shy phrase [VERB inflects] If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it. It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by. Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections. Phrasal verbs: fight back 1. phrasal verb If you fight back against someone or something that is attacking or harming you, you resist them actively or attack them. The teenage attackers fled when the two men fought back. [VERB PARTICLE] We should trust the judicial system to fight back against corruption. [V P + against] 2. phrasal verb If you fight back an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it. She fought back the tears. [VERB PARTICLE noun] fight down phrasal verb If you fight down an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it. Meg fought down the desire to run. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] He looked at the telephone, fighting down first the despair and then the anger. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] fight off 1. phrasal verb 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. Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body's ability to fight off infection. [VERB PARTICLE noun] All day she had fought off the impulse to phone Harry. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you fight off someone who has attacked you, you fight with them, and succeed in making them go away or stop attacking you. The woman fought off the attacker. [VERB PARTICLE noun] fight out phrasal verb If two people or groups fight something out, they fight or argue until one of them wins. Instead of retaliating, he walks away leaving his team-mates to fight it out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Malcolm continued to fight it out with Julien from his self-imposed exile in Paris. Idioms: fight for your life to be very seriously ill or injured and be in danger of dying A boy aged 15 was fighting for his life last night but two younger children were said to be out of danger. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight fire with fire to use the same methods of fighting and the same amount of force as your opponent The chancellor answered by fighting fire with fire. He attacked Mr Brown for wasting so much time and energy on the issue. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a knock-down drag-out fight [US] a very emotional, angry, or even violent argument or fight Nobody had much of a stomach this year for another knock-down drag-out fight over the state budget. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight to the death to do something to try very hard to achieve something or to keep hold of something, refusing to give up `I will fight to the death to win — whatever it takes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight your corner [British] to state your opinion openly and defend it strongly At first I fought my corner because I still believed I was right. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight like cat and dog to frequently have violent arguments They had fought like cat and dog ever since he could remember, and he wondered how they'd got together in the first place. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight a losing battle to try to achieve something when you are very unlikely to succeed Miss Bennett fought a losing battle against her depression. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight a rearguard action to try hard to stop something happening, without much hope of success National telephone companies are fighting a rearguard action against competition from beyond their frontiers. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone can't fight their way out of a paper bag said to mean that someone is very bad at fighting We've already shown you that they are no use to you as allies. They couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight like a lion to fight bravely She would have fought like a lion to protect her son. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight a rearguard action to try hard to stop something happening, without much hope of success National telephone companies are fighting a rearguard action against competition from beyond their frontiers. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight tooth and nail to make a determined effort to keep or get something, when other people are trying to take it away from you or prevent you from having it The prime minister let it be known that she would fight tooth and nail to stay in office. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: fight a force As an animal moves up an inclined branch, they must fight the force of gravity to raise their body, making movement more difficult. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ransom stood and fought the forces of evil because he was reminded of the name of another who refused to withdraw from the fight. Christianity Today Or should conservatives man the political and cultural barricades, and fight the forces of progressivism to the bitter death? Times, Sunday Times I have to fight the temptation to quickly categorize or even pigeonhole people. Christianity Today But somehow we've got to fight the temptation for everything to be strictly orderly and over on time. Christianity Today Movie-makers should (and don't always) fight the temptation to fit classics into modern value systems. Times, Sunday Times He doesn't mention this, but you should probably also fight any temptation to introduce these words into your everyday speech. Times, Sunday Times I wriggled into the mud, fighting the temptation to groan. The Sun The measure forms part of emergency legislation to fight the virus. Times,Sunday Times By last night at least 23 states had declared states of emergency to free up powers to fight the virus. Times,Sunday Times Serious blood sugar highs and lows may weaken a patient's ability to fight a virus. Times,Sunday Times I'm in good spirits and keeping in touch with my team, as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe. Times,Sunday Times Cells rush to the lungs to fight the virus causing inflammation, which in turn attracts more cells and creates further inflammation. Times,Sunday Times Which makes it sound less like a charity and more like an army fighting a war. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Despite the airstrike of chemo and radiation, we were fighting a war that could not be won. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She loved me enough to let me go fight a war in a faraway country because my conscience was pulling me there. Christianity Today (2000) You might be forgiven for forgetting we are fighting a war, too. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The glib answer is that there cannot be, because it takes two to fight a war. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Fight the instinct to put things back as they were. Times, Sunday Times Attempting to fight this instinct results in a severe headache. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have consciously fought this instinct by surrounding myself with superior people, many with abilities exceeding mine. Christianity Today But he fights the instinct to turn on his torch. The Times Literary Supplement The militias were formed to fight the invader. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bugs hears the commotion, peeks out of his hole and decides to fight the invader. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This panic, in theory, will be resolved as the world unites to fight the invader. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They think that they are fighting an invader. Times, Sunday Times The two consuls are then able to gather an army as the people are willing to be mobilized to fight the invaders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He should continue to fight for freedom and democracy. The Sun The legal fight for freedom and the hopes pinned on foreign doctors. The Sun Open letters signed by individuals or groups are an important way for civilians to resist dictatorship and fight for freedom. Times, Sunday Times It's a potent evocation of the complexities of the fight for freedom and equality. Times, Sunday Times Without the fight for freedom of expression, many of the political, scientific and cultural changes that made civilisation possible could not have happened. The Sun They will clash on the track because they are such fierce competitors and both fighting hard for World Championship glory. The Sun (2010) Antiquarianism and modernism had fought hard battles over the bones of Diddisham. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE (1999) One of the most curious aspects to his story is the myths that accrued, myths that he fought hard to keep alive. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He played some fairly scratchy golf - at least by the standards of an overnight leader - but he dug in and fought hard. Times, Sunday Times (2011) If you want to fight inflation then you must use the best policy instruments to do so. ST Efforts to fight inflation, the effects of which are especially potent in a country where people spend half their income on food, are starting to cause a slackening of growth. Times, Sunday Times When the inflation rate rises, a central bank wishing to fight inflation will raise interest rates to reduce output and thus increase the unemployment rate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 2000 there was massive unemployment, a lack of medicine, tight credit, slow production to fight inflation and increasing taxes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The policy was to fight inflation and boost exports. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No wonder we've become so assured that surveillance will triumph over evil, that technology will indeed fight injustice for us. Christianity Today I am normally someone who helps other people fight injustice. Times, Sunday Times These events made her determined to fight injustice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has great skill with unarmed combat styles (especially judo) and uses a variety of devices, mostly of his own devising, to fight injustice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he would not mind using unjust method to fight injustice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His reputation was in itself an achievement for a fight promoter of this era. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, as the alien fighters are revealed, the fight promoter realizes that these are not the fighters that he had recruited for the contest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Broadcasters have to realise they have a responsibility beyond being merely fight promoters. Times, Sunday Times These would play at random, however the user-selected favorite team would always have their fight song played first whenever the game was first started. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each high school had its own fight song for dedications. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although mainly used at sporting events, the fight song can be heard at other events. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A new fight song was adopted in 1993, featuring a cheer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instruments are held above the heads of the band members while they march in before coming down to play the fight song. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Captured, he was released for ransom and continued the fight successfully. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Wrongfully arrested, he fought successfully to prove his innocence. The Sun She was charged 1,421 and fought successfully for a refund. Times, Sunday Times You fought successfully at odds of one to ten and made the enemy respect our flag and the honour of our arms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One accidently caught fire and was completely destroyed by the detonation of its ammunition, but the other fought successfully until the end of 1941. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He urged the public to help fight terror by reporting suspicious activity. The Sun Ministers had claimed the cards were essential to fight terror and wanted them to be compulsory. The Sun However, other lawyers said it was 'extremely unhelpful to make the argument that freedom of speech needs to be curbed in an effort to fight terror'. Times, Sunday Times There needs to be a focused, concerted effort by all parties to fight terror. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The report makes it difficult for democracies to fight terror. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I fight an urge to rush back into the kitchen, to check the appliances one more time. Times, Sunday Times Any pastor who counsels must fight the urge to do it for personal benefit. Christianity Today I had to fight the urge to want others to do badly: to fall over, pull out — or be beamed up by aliens. Times, Sunday Times Somehow you have to fight that urge to be angry and frustrated. Globe and Mail I'm fighting the urge to become a recluse. Times, Sunday Times Very slow and gentle, they only battle when needed, and in battle they will fight valiantly for the trainer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was meant to motivate both commanders and soldiers alike to fight valiantly in war because there was no benefit for the sole survivor in a battle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We have also used them as war machines, and they fought valiantly for us before we invented tanks and other horrors. Times, Sunday Times Pools of water appeared and greenkeepers fought valiantly to stem the tide. Times, Sunday Times In hospital, he fought valiantly for his health and his life. Globe and Mail Mobile operators are expected to fight vigorously against any cuts to the charges, which form a key part of their future sales plan. Times, Sunday Times But he fought vigorously to have the evidence admitted anyway. canada.com Many of us have fought vigorously, but our finances are strained, while our plots of land are small. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The director fought vigorously with the censors first to have the film made and later to releases it as he had intended without cuts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Large institutional investors, accustomed to benefiting from selectively disclosed material information, fought vigorously against the proposed regulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a big heavyweight fight anything can happen. The Sun It was like a heavyweight fight. Times,Sunday Times I spent the whole of my career in the heavyweights fighting bigger and taller boxers, but it didn't do me any harm at all. Times, Sunday Times Eight heavyweights fight with four reaching the semifinals and two to the final on the same night. The Sun I did a little heavyweight fighting at $150 a fight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a great little business but it now has a huge fight on its hands. The Sun We got into a huge fight and came to blows. Times, Sunday Times It's going to be a huge fight - the venue will be announced next week. The Sun We had a huge fight and things were said. The Sun But she refused and a 'huge fight ensued'. The Sun Most have returned from overseas to join the fight. Times, Sunday Times He's never the first to join a fight, but once he's in one, he makes darned sure he comes out on top. Times, Sunday Times And we want you, our army of readers, to join the fight to track down the monsters. The Sun The capital needs him, it seems, and he hones his superhero skills to join the fight. Times, Sunday Times There was nobody in charge, and if you didn't join the fight, you weren't getting out. Times, Sunday Times He may have scored most of his runs there, but it hardly suggested he intended to lead the fight from the front. Times, Sunday Times His first appointment will have been at the offices of his solicitors yesterday morning, to meet the barrister who will lead his fight in the courts. Times, Sunday Times We will be looking to the prospective new president to lead the fight against it and to live up to his promise that he will lead an honest government. ST Looking tired, he said it was time for someone else to lead the fight. The Sun It's the governors from both parties who must lead this fight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A leading property barrister has lost his own legal fight on home territory over a dream 3.6 million country manor. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The family solicitors said the legal fight had been dropped because of costs to the taxpayer. The Sun (2009) The Sun last year won a legal fight for the central London tribunal to be heard in public. The Sun (2017) She stormed out and left the church, but the decisive action prevented what could have become a long, nasty fight. Christianity Today There's a nasty fight, but (from my angle on the aisle, anyway) you rumble the stage-fighting tricks too readily. Times, Sunday Times One day he saves his brother who was involved in a nasty fight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Big, nasty fights would break out every year, so in an effort to cut down the violence, organisers restricted alcohol. Times,Sunday Times Hell, Archer, you know better than to pick a fight with a team member at this point. JADE ISLAND (2001) But they are reluctant to pick a fight with the new regime early on. The Sun (2016) Why would we want to pick a fight with them? Times, Sunday Times (2012) As trout are aggressive and territorial, this was designed to provoke a fight in which the size difference between the fish would decide the winner. Times, Sunday Times In the summer, it's a guessing game and one that could provoke a fight. Times, Sunday Times In the end both sides had failed to provoke a fight on their terms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He and a friend provoked a fight with five travellers during which bystanders were hit with broken bottles. Times, Sunday Times In other words: if some anonymous armchair cowboy pitches up and deliberately provokes a fight, don't satisfy their need for attention. Times, Sunday Times He takes his pay for being a soldier and soldiers fight wars. The Sun Soldiers fight against other soldiers in military conflicts. The Sun Our soldiers fight for others' freedoms. Times, Sunday Times But do they actually help soldiers fight the battle at hand by boosting troop morale? Globe and Mail For example, soldiers fight in wars to defend the honor of the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has a tough fight to persuade fellow Democrats that new troops are needed. Times, Sunday Times (2009) After a tough fight they secured a foothold in France and the liberation could begin. The Sun (2014) It was a long and tough fight, which she planned meticulously and saw through to the end. The Sun (2015) It will be an ugly fight - and one that could have huge repercussions. The Sun It was an ugly fight, with accusations of low tactics. Globe and Mail He likes to box so it could be an ugly fight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A big ugly fight on the church steps ensues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may be an uphill fight, but we are trying. Times, Sunday Times The four-hour hike was an uphill fight against the slippery, rocky terrain. Globe and Mail The plan faced an uphill fight against the utility industry and advocates for consumers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Others will be uphill fights against the bureaucracy. Globe and Mail It was an uphill fight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Give me the chance to show you how to win the fight against the extremist factions in this country. Times, Sunday Times (2006) So he insists he will have to win the fight with a knockout. The Sun (2011) Translations: Chinese: 战斗, 对抗 Japanese: 戦い, 戦う |
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