| 单词 | war of detail | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaswar of detail  b.  Military.  in detail: by the engagement of small portions of an army or force one after another.  war of detail, a war carried on after this fashion, instead of by general engagements. (Often figurative.) ΚΠ 1841    E. Miall in  Nonconformist 1 1  				Their war has been one of detail, not of principle. 1842    H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. 85  				Pursuing a war of detail instead of acting on some uniform scheme. 1845    R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 2  				Being without union, [it] is also without strength, and has been beaten in detail. 1858    J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. 		(ed. 2)	 III. xiii. 116  				Without concert..without a leader they would be destroyed in detail. 1886    G. T. Stokes Ireland & Celtic Church 293  				He [Brian Boru] defeated his enemies in detail. < as lemmas  | 
	
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