| 单词 | pitched battle |
| 释义 | pitched battle From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpitched battleˌpitched ˈbattle noun [countable]1 WARa big battle between armies or large groups of peoplea pitched battle between the rival groups2 ARGUEan angry and usually long argumentShe wanted to avoid another pitched battle with her son. → skirmishExamples from the Corpuspitched battle• After a pitched battle, no less than 29 of the gang were arrested.• The month before, the Metropolitans had fought a pitched battle with their rivals for control of City Hall.• All three companies are in a pitched battle over who invented the technology.• Our country is engaged in a pitched battle in a fiercely competitive commercial world.• Thirty students were injured in a pitched battle with police.• I had expected rage, flying pupusas, a pitched battle.• She so much wanted to avoid another pitched battle with her son.• The other type of offence involved in effect a preconceived and premeditated pitched battle, often accompanied by the use of weapons. |
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