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fight1 /faɪt/ S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp fought /fɔːt $ fɒːt/)

1 war 战争 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]WAR to take part in a war or battle 打（仗），与（…）作战，战斗

fight in

the families of those who fought in the war

参战者的家人

fight against/with

rebel forces fighting against the Russians

对抗俄罗斯人的反政府军

fight about/over/for

They fought for control of the islands.

他们为争夺那些岛屿的控制权而战。

Neither country is capable of fighting a long war.

两个国家都没有能力打持久战。

Later the Indians fought the Anglo settlers.

后来，印第安人跟英国殖民者打起了仗。

n GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbs

Fight is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or groups do something that involves both or all of them. It does not need to have an object:

The Republicans and the Nationalists fought.

In this sentence, fight is intransitive and does not have an object.

You can also say:

The Republicans and the Nationalists fought each other.

The Republicans fought the Nationalists.

In these sentences, fight is transitive.

2 hit people 打人 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FIGHT if someone fights another person, or if two people fight, they hit and kick the other person in order to hurt them （与…）打斗，（与…）打架，斗殴

fight with

Two guys were fighting with each other in the street.

有两个家伙在街上打架。

fight about/over/for

They were fighting over a girl.

他们为了一个女孩子在打架。

She fought him desperately, kicking and biting.

她又踢又咬，与他拼命撕打。

3 try to do STH 尽力做某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to try hard to do or get something 努力争取，（为…）斗争

fight for

The men were fighting for higher wages.

那些人在争取加薪。

Stockley is fighting for his life (=trying to stay alive), with serious head injuries.

斯托克利头部严重受伤，在与死神搏斗。

She fought her way back into the first team.

她奋力拼搏，又回到了第一团队。

fight to do something

The president was fighting to survive.

总统在争取挺过难关。

4 prevent STH 阻止某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to try very hard to prevent something or to get rid of something unpleasant that already exists 极力反对，与…作斗争

fight against

People are fighting against repression and injustice.

民众在与压迫和不公平作斗争。

We will fight terrorism, wherever it exists.

不管哪里有恐怖主义，我们都要打击。

5 compete 竞争 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEAT to take part in an election or compete strongly for something, especially a job or political position 参加（选举）；激烈争夺（职位或政治地位）

fight an election/a campaign

The prime minister decided to fight an early general election.

首相决定提前打响大选之战。

fight (somebody) for something

He had to fight several other applicants for the job.

他得与其他几个申请人争夺该职位。

Both men were used to fighting for power.

两个人都习惯了权力之争。

6 argue 争论 [intransitiveI]ARGUE to argue about something 争吵，争论

fight with

I heard her fighting with the boss.

我听见她在跟老板争论。

fight about/over

They’re fighting about who should do the dishes.

他们在为该谁洗碗碟而争吵。

7 DSsport 体育运动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to take part in a boxing match 参加拳击赛，（与…）进行拳击比赛

Ali fought Foreman for the heavyweight title.

阿里迎战福尔曼，争夺重量级拳击冠军。

8 emotion 感情 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PREVENT to try very hard not to have or show a feeling 克制，忍住，压下去

She fought her fear.

她强忍着内心的恐惧。

fight with

She was clearly fighting with her emotions.

她显然是在克制自己的感情。

9 law 法律 [transitiveT] to try to get something or prevent something in a court of law 进行…的诉讼

The insurance company are fighting the claims in court.

保险公司在打索赔官司。

10 fight your way (through/past etc somebody/something) PUSHto move somewhere with difficulty, for example because there are so many people around you 奋力（从某人/某物中）开出一条路

We fought our way through the crowd.

我们奋力挤过人群。

Examples from the Corpus

fight your way (through/past etc somebody/something)• I think also that three other Hearthwares shall come, in case we need to fight our way out of some tight spot.• Being fit and healthy is especially important if you have to fight your way out of trouble or run for home.• Bar girls were screaming, and trying to fight their way past us.• After fighting his way through all this, he would have to face an angry and almost certainly stark-naked Quigley.• We will swim through seas of blood, fight our way through lakes of fire, if we are ordered.• Dana fights his way through the protocol surrounding the medicine chest, has a recipe drawn up, and delivers his balm.• Meanwhile, the master had sprung from his position backstage and was fighting his way toward me.

11 fight a losing battle FAILto try to do something that you probably cannot succeed in doing 打一场无法取胜的仗

I’m fighting a losing battle on this diet.

这样节食我肯定坚持不下去。

Examples from the Corpus

fight a losing battle• And yet despite all this the pounds were creeping up on us and we seemed to be fighting a losing battle.• Even with the addition of the Morning Post to the publishing empire in 1924, Die-hard journalism was fighting a losing battle.• For most of these people they were fighting a losing battle.• Under the present conditions of economic recession, regional policies are fighting a losing battle.• Why couldn't she see she was fighting a losing battle?• The 84-year-old Oscar-winner has been fighting a losing battle against failing sight for the past year.• The windscreen wipers sounded asthmatic, fighting a losing battle against the insistent rain.• He tried hard to do this, but he was fighting a losing battle here against the rising tide of papal authority.

12 have a fighting chance CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYto have a chance to do something or achieve something if you try very hard 经过很大努力有可能成功

Lewis has a fighting chance to win the gold medal.

刘易斯如果努力拼搏，还是有机会得金牌的。

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have a fighting chance• All children must have a fighting chance at a good education.• Central defender Tony Mowbray believes his former team have a fighting chance at Old Trafford.• And that has encouraged the Geordies to believe they still have a fighting chance of keeping him.

13 fight tooth and nail (for something)/fight something tooth and nail to try very hard to do or achieve something, or to prevent something 全力以赴（争取某事物）

He’s rich now, but he had to fight tooth and nail for it.

他现在有钱了，但那是他奋斗出来的。

14. fight to the death/finish to fight until one person or group is dead or completely defeated 决一死战，一决雌雄

Examples from the Corpus

fight to the death/finish• And if there's not enough advertising to go round, it could be a fight to the death.• It is economic nonsense to suggest that nations are engaged in a mercantilist fight to the death.• They say we massacred him, but he would have massacred us had we not defended ourselves and fought to the death.• Every couple would live miles apart and fight to the death any intrusion into their home range-which they would never leave.• Usually if two gray angels of nearly equal size are placed together a fight to the death ensues.• While not explicit, many implied that they would indeed fight to the death for their managing director.• If the adventurers pursue the Harpies back to their lair, they will fight to the death to defend it.• They simply seem to charge into battle, and would probably to fight to the death unless we separated them.

15 fight your own battles to fight for what you want, without needing help from other people 独自奋斗

Mum, I can fight my own battles now.

妈，我现在可以独自应付了。

Examples from the Corpus

fight your own battles• She has a talent for playing modern women who must find the inner strength to fight their own battles.• Surely it is better for the townsfolk themselves to develop the necessary skills to fight their own battles?• We invaded Ireland and fought our own battles there.

16 fighting spirit FIGHTthe desire to fight or win 斗志

In the second half the team showed their true fighting spirit.

下半场，该队显示出了真正的斗志。

Examples from the Corpus

fighting spirit• I admire the team's fighting spirit.• Do you suppose he has to carry on a campaign of propaganda to get his people into fighting spirit?• On the battlefield armament was still much less important than discipline and fighting spirit.• She also has a fighting spirit.• With so many enemies, we need a great deal of fighting spirit.• We shall have to match his fighting spirit, and not let our fear overwhelm us before the first blow is struck.• Although these patients usually have astonishingly good morale and fighting spirit, everything humanely possible should be done to keep it up.• After a long time, her fighting spirit gradually revived and she began to think constructively.• Fortunately, though, we had a fighting spirit which helped us pull through.

17. fighting words/talk something you say that shows that you want to fight hard for something 战斗宣言

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fighting words/talk• And we need to warn them that the words they are using can very easily become fighting words.• Today in the 1980s many Christians don't like this fighting talk.• Where I come from that's fighting talk.• It sounds like good fighting talk but, beyond the active birth arena, I wonder how accurate a picture it represents.

18. fight fire with fire REACTto use the same methods as your opponents in an argument, competition etc 以毒攻毒；以其人之道还治其人之身

Examples from the Corpus

fight fire with fire• Sitting there, I imagined Durrell at his computer, clicking out his program for fighting fire with fire.• The official pronouncement was that they intended to fight fire with fire.

19 fight like cat and dog if two people fight like cat and dog, they argue a lot because they dislike each other or disagree 争吵不休

I didn’t get on with her at work either – we fought like cat and dog.

我和她在工作上也合不来——我们吵个没完。

20. fighting fit British EnglishBrE extremely fit and healthy 非常强健的

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fighting fit• Masie had responded brilliantly to treatment and seemed fighting fit.• She was taken in by Maggie Taylor and now five month old Teka is fighting fit and lapping up all the attention.• Consequently, it hosts an excellent wild brown trout population and fish are pink-fleshed and fighting fit, averaging 10oz in weight.

21 fight your corner British EnglishBrE to try to persuade people that your ideas about something are right and should be accepted 劝说别人接受自己的观点

The prime minister made it clear that Britain would fight its corner on Europe.

首相明确表示，英国将尽全力说服欧洲。

Examples from the Corpus

fight your corner• He had nobody back in Langley who would be willing to fight his corner.• Sara Keays has continued to fight her corner.• She always said he should have stayed to fight his corner.• Jen fought her corner fiercely but Helen knew that she was winning.

22 fight shy of (doing) something British EnglishBrEAVOID to try to avoid doing something or being involved in something 避免做某事；避免参与某事，回避某事

Many women fight shy of motherhood.

许多女性不愿做母亲。

Examples from the Corpus

fight shy of (doing) something• Over the years, courts and tribunals have fought shy of laying down detailed procedural guidance.• This, he says, accounts for developers fighting shy of putting money into the city.• In considering the right to live issue, there is a tendency to fight shy of the emotive word of murder.• After fighting shy of the idea, Mr Mandela, 82, agreed to it during a visit to London last year.• Yet the 18 counties fight shy of the risk, but what are they frightened of?

PHRASAL VERBS

23 fight back phrasal verbphr v

a) PREVENTto work hard to achieve or oppose something, especially in a situation where you are losing 抗争，还击，斗争〔尤在失利的情况下〕

United fought back and scored a last-minute goal.

联队奋起还击，在最后时刻破门得分。

against

She was fighting back against the cancer.

她在与癌症抗争。

b) FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingto use violence or arguments against someone who has attacked you or argued with you 还击，反攻

The rebels are fighting back.

叛军正在反攻。

c) fight something ↔ back to try hard not to have or show a feeling 克制，忍住〔情感〕

She looked away, fighting back her tears.

她看向别处，强忍住泪水。

He fought back the impulse to slap her.

他尽力忍住要扇她耳光的冲动。

Examples from the Corpus

fight back• Wallowing in self-pity instead of fighting back.• This nation has been oppressed for too long, and it's time we fought back.• A tale of a woman fighting back?• Now the tire companies have fought back.• The locals in Costilla County are also trying to fight back.• It has taken Oregon eight minutes to fight back from a ten-point deficit.• You must fight back if you become a victim of discrimination.• Those are some of the things unions need to do to put the fight back in people.• Three times Oregon fights back to within nine.• Children are often powerless to fight back when they are treated unfairly.

24 fight something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v to try hard not to have or show a feeling 克制，忍住〔情感〕

Doug fought down a feeling of panic.

道格努力克制住心里的恐慌。

Examples from the Corpus

fight down• He moved against her hands, jerkily, almost losing the control he had fought to keep down.• He controls fights and calms down a stage invasion.

25 fight somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v

a) VIOLENTto keep someone away, or stop them doing something to you, by fighting or opposing them 抵挡；阻止

Bodyguards had to fight off the crowds.

保镖不得不挡住人群。

The company managed to fight off a takeover attempt.

该公司设法阻止了一次收购企图。

b) to succeed in stopping other people getting something, and to get it for yourself 击退

Allan fought off stiff competition from throughout the UK to win one of only four places at the college.

艾伦在全英国的激烈竞争中胜出，在那所学院仅有的四个名额中赢得一席。

c) GET RID OFto try hard to get rid of something, especially an illness or a feeling 竭力摆脱〔尤指某种疾病或感觉〕

Elaine’s fighting off a cold.

伊莱恩正在和感冒斗争。

Examples from the Corpus

fight off• Did you know that? fight him off.• I've had to fight him off.• Still, it looms as a perverse temptation, and Blue must struggle with himself for some time before fighting it off.• This fight-or - flight response may have helped our ancestors gear up and either get away from danger or fight it off.• Rest of the cast fought him off but the tenor got cut about quite badly and had to go to hospital.• When Foreman hurt his eye in training camp, the fight was put off for five weeks.• I tried to fight it off, of course.• She would never be able to fight him off physically.

26 fight something out phrasal verbphr v ARGUEto argue or fight until a disagreement is settled 〔通过争论或争斗〕解决，消除〔不和〕

We left them to fight it out.

我们让他们自己去解决。

Examples from the Corpus

fight out• When the soldiers blocked university students from entering campuses the next morning, name-calling and fights broke out.• A white Democrat challenged him; a fight broke out and the Democrat was killed and Tolbert was wounded.• Further fights broke out around the pub, and windows were smashed.• Anybody else, including newcomer Wil Cordero, must fight it out in spring training just to be his backup.• But this time, what Frank and Tod did was to fight Carmichael out in the territory.• She looked at him a moment as if there were some kind of regret or shame fighting it out inside of her.• While the two sides fight it out, the only winners so far are the travelling public of Stroud.• Here and there the anti-Fascists were grouped together and running fights broke out with the Blackshirts.

fight it out• Do you react by becoming rather subdued and leaving the protagonists to fight it out?• It was evident that the sensible decision had been reached to let the two most concerned fight it out alone.• Anybody else, including newcomer Wil Cordero, must fight it out in spring training just to be his backup.• The two groups will fight it out in the courts.• She looked at him a moment as if there were some kind of regret or shame fighting it out inside of her.• He would not fight it out just yet.• Enough then of words, and let us fight it out like very knights.• While the two sides fight it out, the only winners so far are the travelling public of Stroud.• I think Sadie will just keep fighting it out, you know?

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fight• Pancho Villa fought a battle near here.• As kids, we fought about everything, but now we're pretty good friends.• If you two don't stop fighting about what to watch I'm going to send you to your room.• Neil Phillips will now fight Adams for leadership of the party.• Amnesty is an organization that fights against torture and injustice.• My mother and my grandmother fight all the time.• The children fought and pushed in line.• The Prime Minister has decided to stay on to fight another election.• He said he'd fight anyone who tried to stop him entering.• I argued, I fought, but he wanted to believe that happiness was impossible; it gave him some strange consolation.• Adult gangs did fight, but not with innocent people or bystanders.• If you want the job, you'll have to fight for it.• Our fathers, our grandfathers fought for that.• Most of these young soldiers don't even know what they're fighting for.• Freedom of speech is something well worth fighting for.• Kerry's parents are always fighting -- I'm not surprised she left home.• My grandfather fought in World War II.• His grandfather fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.• As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts.• He has even fought skeleton warriors with Jason and the Argonauts.• The Boers were fighting the British at this time.• Civil rights groups have vowed to fight the changes.• Conversely, if middle-class parents stay, if they stay and fight, they can turn things around.• Burke, for one, is committed to fighting this social dis-ease.• McCallum and Toney fought to a draw.• Mandela fought to abolish white-only rule in South Africa.• For a few minutes we fought wildly.• Billy had been fighting with some kids from another school.

fighting ... war• It proved a fitting finale to what had been the first period of sustained fighting in the war.• Repercussions from the war roll far beyond the sorrow of families directly touched by 15 months of fighting.• Perhaps when we stopped asking what it meant to be fighting a war in Northern Ireland.• Mr Makoni has admitted that Harare has spent $ 190m fighting the war in the past two years.• Remember those soldiers who stopped fighting the Great War to play football across the Flanders trenches and exchange sweeties?• Either that or we could go on fighting wars to protect our foreign supplies.• Today, it is fighting the same war, with the same leaders, as 20 years ago.

fight about/over/for• But we who are pro-choice have to remember exactly what it is we are fighting for.• During the battle with Sauron's warriors the Dead Host sail up to fight for Aragorn.• In the background, the fight for control of L Detachment was still rumbling on.• They fight for justice for a woman who was harassed by her boss at the workplace.• The organic movement has always fought for the continued availability of unpasteurised milk.• Mmembers themselves say being part of a national union gives them a voice to fight for their rights.• They fight for those who have been cheated by their landlords and manipulated by their banks.• Everybody knows that everything Red Cloud was fighting for was conceded by this treaty.

fight to do something• Sweat dripped off me as I fought to achieve a stable altitude above the ground.• Piper squirmed between them for a moment, fighting to get free, then went limp.• Together they fought to keep the tax subsidy for churches in Connecticut and Massachusetts.• She saw his hands curl into white-knuckled fists and knew he was fighting to keep them at his sides.• In the sea, living things fight to keep water out.• I was fighting to protect my country against every surprise.• Armstrong is now fighting to recover, and the extent to which the damage in his arm is permanent remains in question.• I had to really fight to stay awake, I was so tired.• While not explicit, many implied that they would indeed fight to the death for their managing director.

fight against• However, when fighting against another rattlesnake it does not use its poison fangs.• Conservative voters led a fight against forced school busing.• Appalled, I fought against him, pressing myself back, making my body leaden.• She fought against looking at women, seeing them the way she wanted to know and-be with them.• He fought against the prior violence of hunger, sickness, subjugation.• He fought against the sensation that Molland had strapped him on a sort of conveyor belt in a factory that processed death.• The best way to fight against the threat of nuclear war is to fight for socialism through class-struggle means.

fight about/over• The three are fighting over control of the provincial assemblies, which will be important in the run-up to the election.• But Buchanan, Alexander and Forbes seemed intent on fighting over everything from immigration to the flat tax and education.• We've been fighting about money of late, but then again it might be my face.• Most married couples fight occasionally about money.• We used to fight over one skirt and the decent blouse.• The ensuing debate, though appearing to involve leprosy, was in reality a fight about territorial status.• At the core of the fight over the constitution is the relationship of powers between the presidency, government and parliament.• I started learning on my own, and we started getting into fights about things.• Instead of world trade, they fought over whether employers should be allowed to set up their own unions.

Related topics: Sport

fight2 S2 W3 noun

1 people hit each other 互相打斗 [countableC]FIGHT a situation in which two people or groups hit, push etc each other 打斗，打架

Her son was always getting into fights at school.

她儿子老是在学校打架。

fight with

They ended up having a fight with each other.

他们最后打了一架。

fight between

A fight broke out between the fans.

球迷们打了起来。

fight over/about

fights over territory

领地之争

2 to achieve/prevent STH 取得某物/防止某事 [singular]FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST something the process of trying to achieve something or prevent something 争斗，斗争

fight for

the fight for justice and democracy

为正义和民主而奋斗

The little girl lost her fight for life (=fight to stay alive) last night.

昨晚，那个小女孩未能战胜死神。

fight against

the fight against crime

打击犯罪

fight to do something

the fight to get financial aid

争取经济援助的努力

You’ll have a fight on your hands (=it will be difficult) to convince the committee.

要说服委员会，你可得费一番功夫。

3 argument 争吵 [countableC]ARGUE an argument 争论；争吵

fight with

They’ve had a fight with the neighbours.

他们和邻居吵了一架。

fight over/about

fights over money

为钱争吵

4 boxing 拳击运动 [countableC]DS a boxing match 拳击比赛

Are you going to watch the big fight tonight?

你准备看今晚的拳击大赛吗？

5 battle 战斗 [countableC]WAR a battle between two armies 战斗

fight for

the fight for Bunker Hill

争夺邦克山的战斗

6 energy 精力 [uncountableU]FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST something energy or the desire to keep fighting for something you want 斗志

There’s plenty of fight left in your grandmother.

你的祖母仍然斗志旺盛。

7 put up a good fight FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingCOMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto work very hard to fight or compete in a difficult situation 〔在困难情况下〕英勇地斗争，顽强地奋斗

Our team put up a good fight.

我们队打得很顽强。

8. a fight to the death/finish FIGHTa fight that continues until one side is completely defeated 决出胜负的战斗

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a fight to the death/finish• And if there's not enough advertising to go round, it could be a fight to the death.• It will be a fight to the finish.• Six teams are bitter rivals in what will be a fight to the finish.• By 1807 politics had become a fight to the death between the two factions.• Usually if two gray angels of nearly equal size are placed together a fight to the death ensues.• Some say 1972 was a fight to the death, which left Jacklin as the slain gladiator.

COLLOCATIONS

verbs

have a fight 打架

I didn’t want to have a fight with him.

我不想和他打架的。

get into a fight (=become involved in a fight) 打架

The two men got into a fight over a girl.

那两个男人为一个女孩打了起来。

start a fight 打起架来

They started a fight in the crowded bar.

他们在拥挤的酒吧里打了起来。

pick a fight (=deliberately start a fight) 找碴打架，故意寻衅打架

The guy tried to pick a fight with Jack.

那个家伙在找碴要跟杰克打架。

stop a fight/break up a fight 制止打斗

nThe police were called in to break up a fight outside a nightclub.

win/lose a fight 打架赢了/输了

nHe always won every fight he was in at school.

be spoiling for a fight (=be very eager to fight with someone) 很想打上一架

nThe kids went round in gangs, all spoiling for a fight.

a fight breaks out/erupts (=suddenly starts) 突然打了起来

nA fight broke out and one man was struck on the head.

a fight takes place (=happens) 打了起来

nThe fight took place outside a nightclub.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fight

a big fight 大打出手

They ended up having a big fight in the pub.

他们最后在小酒馆里大打出手。

a fair fight 公平的打斗

It was a fair fight, just two on two.

二对二，这样打架很公平。

a fierce fight 激烈的打斗

There was a fierce fight with rebel forces and several soldiers were killed.

与叛军发生激战，数名士兵阵亡。

a street fight 街头打斗

nThere were reports of street fights every night in the local newspaper.

a fist fight (=a fight in which people hit each other with their closed hands) 赤手空拳的打斗

nA fist fight broke out after the match.

a knife/sword fight 持刀/剑打斗

nThere have been several arrests, following knife fights between drunken fans.

na title fight (=a fight between two boxers to decide who will win a competition)

a heavyweight title fight

n THESAURUS

when people hit or attack each other

fight a situation in which people hit or attack each other because of an argument, or as a sport

He had a fight with an older boy.

the famous fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman

battle a fight between opposing armies or groups of people

The English king was killed at the Battle of Hastings.

a battle between two rival gangs

scuffle a short fight that is not very violent

There was a short scuffle with the police, but no arrests were made.

punch-up British EnglishBrE informal a fight in which people hit each other because of an argument

The game turned into a punch-up.

brawl a noisy fight between a group of people

He was hurt in a drunken brawl.

altercation formal a short noisy argument or fight, especially one that is not serious

There was a brief altercation and someone called the police.

riot a fight involving a large number of people, especially people who are protesting about something

The book provoked riots all over Europe.

when people try to achieve something

fight the process in which people try to stop something bad from happening or to improve a situation

Schools have an important part to play in the fight against drugs.

women’s fight for equality

battle a fight to change a situation or deal with a problem in society

The battle against racial discrimination is not over.

campaign a planned series of actions intended to achieve something

Motoring organizations started a campaign for safer roads.

struggle a long, hard fight for freedom, independence, equal rights etc

Nkrumah led the people in their struggle for independence.

crusade someone’s fight against something they think is morally wrong

She intends to continue her crusade against sex and violence on TV.

Examples from the Corpus

fight• If we had a fight I know I'd win, easy-peasy.• Three of his ribs were broken in a fight.• How did you get that black eye? Were you in a fight?• So anyway, so how did somebody almost get into a fight besides him and Jessica?• He had been at the pub for several hours before getting into a fight with another man.• Are you going to watch the big fight tomorrow?• A good fight once in a while can clear the air.• But Eliades is demanding that pot, plus Lewis' fight fee of around £5m, is frozen by a court judge.• That was the other thing, it took me a long fight to get my eye drops.• There was a massive fight after school yesterday.• A couple of fights broke out near the stadium after the game.• Tyson's fight against Evander Holyfield• Women's fight for equality has not ended.• It is considered one of the most significant developments in the fight against many brain disorders and diseases.• He was a hero in the fight for independence from France.• He knocked out his opponent only five minutes into the fight.• I went through with the fight, like I had said, knocked him out.• Northener Warren Goss takes up: Night came, yet the fight went on...• the fight between Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano• The fight against malnutrition and preventable diseases must continue.• New laws have been passed to help the police in their fight against organized crime.

fight over/about• Bing and Callas fought over a contract.• The vultures eat greedily, fighting over scraps, slipping off the rock in their haste to consume.• We have huge fights about it.• These people were not fighting over what I was trained to believe they were fighting over-scarce resources.• But once that barrier has been broken, what is the fight about then?• At the core of the fight over the constitution is the relationship of powers between the presidency, government and parliament.• As for Mr Patrick, he says the fight over development has taken its toll.• What was the fight about?• Instead of world trade, they fought over whether employers should be allowed to set up their own unions.

have a fight on ... hands• But you're going to have a fight on your hands.• Politics being politics, the Government may yet have a fight on its hands.

fight over/about• Bing and Callas fought over a contract.• The vultures eat greedily, fighting over scraps, slipping off the rock in their haste to consume.• We have huge fights about it.• These people were not fighting over what I was trained to believe they were fighting over-scarce resources.• But once that barrier has been broken, what is the fight about then?• At the core of the fight over the constitution is the relationship of powers between the presidency, government and parliament.• As for Mr Patrick, he says the fight over development has taken its toll.• Instead of world trade, they fought over whether employers should be allowed to set up their own unions.

Origin fight1

Old English feohtan

→n GRAMMAR1 →PHRASAL VERBS1fight2 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1

单词	fight
释义	fight Word family adjectivefightablefightingnounfighterverbfight Related topics: Sport fight1 /faɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp fought /fɔːt $ fɒːt/) 1 war 战争 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]WAR to take part in a war or battle 打（仗），与（…）作战，战斗 fight in the families of those who fought in the war 参战者的家人 fight against/with rebel forces fighting against the Russians 对抗俄罗斯人的反政府军 fight about/over/for They fought for control of the islands. 他们为争夺那些岛屿的控制权而战。 Neither country is capable of fighting a long war. 两个国家都没有能力打持久战。 Later the Indians fought the Anglo settlers. 后来，印第安人跟英国殖民者打起了仗。 n GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbs Fight is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or groups do something that involves both or all of them. It does not need to have an object: The Republicans and the Nationalists fought. In this sentence, fight is intransitive and does not have an object. You can also say: The Republicans and the Nationalists fought each other. The Republicans fought the Nationalists. In these sentences, fight is transitive. 2 hit people 打人 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FIGHT if someone fights another person, or if two people fight, they hit and kick the other person in order to hurt them （与…）打斗，（与…）打架，斗殴 fight with Two guys were fighting with each other in the street. 有两个家伙在街上打架。 fight about/over/for They were fighting over a girl. 他们为了一个女孩子在打架。 She fought him desperately, kicking and biting. 她又踢又咬，与他拼命撕打。 3 try to do STH 尽力做某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to try hard to do or get something 努力争取，（为…）斗争 fight for The men were fighting for higher wages. 那些人在争取加薪。 Stockley is fighting for his life (=trying to stay alive), with serious head injuries. 斯托克利头部严重受伤，在与死神搏斗。 She fought her way back into the first team. 她奋力拼搏，又回到了第一团队。 fight to do something The president was fighting to survive. 总统在争取挺过难关。 4 prevent STH 阻止某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to try very hard to prevent something or to get rid of something unpleasant that already exists 极力反对，与…作斗争 fight against People are fighting against repression and injustice. 民众在与压迫和不公平作斗争。 We will fight terrorism, wherever it exists. 不管哪里有恐怖主义，我们都要打击。 5 compete 竞争 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEAT to take part in an election or compete strongly for something, especially a job or political position 参加（选举）；激烈争夺（职位或政治地位） fight an election/a campaign The prime minister decided to fight an early general election. 首相决定提前打响大选之战。 fight (somebody) for something He had to fight several other applicants for the job. 他得与其他几个申请人争夺该职位。 Both men were used to fighting for power. 两个人都习惯了权力之争。 6 argue 争论 [intransitiveI]ARGUE to argue about something 争吵，争论 fight with I heard her fighting with the boss. 我听见她在跟老板争论。 fight about/over They’re fighting about who should do the dishes. 他们在为该谁洗碗碟而争吵。 7 DSsport 体育运动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to take part in a boxing match 参加拳击赛，（与…）进行拳击比赛 Ali fought Foreman for the heavyweight title. 阿里迎战福尔曼，争夺重量级拳击冠军。 8 emotion 感情 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PREVENT to try very hard not to have or show a feeling 克制，忍住，压下去 She fought her fear. 她强忍着内心的恐惧。 fight with She was clearly fighting with her emotions. 她显然是在克制自己的感情。 9 law 法律 [transitiveT] to try to get something or prevent something in a court of law 进行…的诉讼 The insurance company are fighting the claims in court. 保险公司在打索赔官司。 10 fight your way (through/past etc somebody/something) PUSHto move somewhere with difficulty, for example because there are so many people around you 奋力（从某人/某物中）开出一条路 We fought our way through the crowd. 我们奋力挤过人群。 Examples from the Corpus fight your way (through/past etc somebody/something)• I think also that three other Hearthwares shall come, in case we need to fight our way out of some tight spot.• Being fit and healthy is especially important if you have to fight your way out of trouble or run for home.• Bar girls were screaming, and trying to fight their way past us.• After fighting his way through all this, he would have to face an angry and almost certainly stark-naked Quigley.• We will swim through seas of blood, fight our way through lakes of fire, if we are ordered.• Dana fights his way through the protocol surrounding the medicine chest, has a recipe drawn up, and delivers his balm.• Meanwhile, the master had sprung from his position backstage and was fighting his way toward me. 11 fight a losing battle FAILto try to do something that you probably cannot succeed in doing 打一场无法取胜的仗 I’m fighting a losing battle on this diet. 这样节食我肯定坚持不下去。 Examples from the Corpus fight a losing battle• And yet despite all this the pounds were creeping up on us and we seemed to be fighting a losing battle.• Even with the addition of the Morning Post to the publishing empire in 1924, Die-hard journalism was fighting a losing battle.• For most of these people they were fighting a losing battle.• Under the present conditions of economic recession, regional policies are fighting a losing battle.• Why couldn't she see she was fighting a losing battle?• The 84-year-old Oscar-winner has been fighting a losing battle against failing sight for the past year.• The windscreen wipers sounded asthmatic, fighting a losing battle against the insistent rain.• He tried hard to do this, but he was fighting a losing battle here against the rising tide of papal authority. 12 have a fighting chance CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYto have a chance to do something or achieve something if you try very hard 经过很大努力有可能成功 Lewis has a fighting chance to win the gold medal. 刘易斯如果努力拼搏，还是有机会得金牌的。 Examples from the Corpus have a fighting chance• All children must have a fighting chance at a good education.• Central defender Tony Mowbray believes his former team have a fighting chance at Old Trafford.• And that has encouraged the Geordies to believe they still have a fighting chance of keeping him. 13 fight tooth and nail (for something)/fight something tooth and nail to try very hard to do or achieve something, or to prevent something 全力以赴（争取某事物） He’s rich now, but he had to fight tooth and nail for it. 他现在有钱了，但那是他奋斗出来的。 14. fight to the death/finish to fight until one person or group is dead or completely defeated 决一死战，一决雌雄 Examples from the Corpus fight to the death/finish• And if there's not enough advertising to go round, it could be a fight to the death.• It is economic nonsense to suggest that nations are engaged in a mercantilist fight to the death.• They say we massacred him, but he would have massacred us had we not defended ourselves and fought to the death.• Every couple would live miles apart and fight to the death any intrusion into their home range-which they would never leave.• Usually if two gray angels of nearly equal size are placed together a fight to the death ensues.• While not explicit, many implied that they would indeed fight to the death for their managing director.• If the adventurers pursue the Harpies back to their lair, they will fight to the death to defend it.• They simply seem to charge into battle, and would probably to fight to the death unless we separated them. 15 fight your own battles to fight for what you want, without needing help from other people 独自奋斗 Mum, I can fight my own battles now. 妈，我现在可以独自应付了。 Examples from the Corpus fight your own battles• She has a talent for playing modern women who must find the inner strength to fight their own battles.• Surely it is better for the townsfolk themselves to develop the necessary skills to fight their own battles?• We invaded Ireland and fought our own battles there. 16 fighting spirit FIGHTthe desire to fight or win 斗志 In the second half the team showed their true fighting spirit. 下半场，该队显示出了真正的斗志。 Examples from the Corpus fighting spirit• I admire the team's fighting spirit.• Do you suppose he has to carry on a campaign of propaganda to get his people into fighting spirit?• On the battlefield armament was still much less important than discipline and fighting spirit.• She also has a fighting spirit.• With so many enemies, we need a great deal of fighting spirit.• We shall have to match his fighting spirit, and not let our fear overwhelm us before the first blow is struck.• Although these patients usually have astonishingly good morale and fighting spirit, everything humanely possible should be done to keep it up.• After a long time, her fighting spirit gradually revived and she began to think constructively.• Fortunately, though, we had a fighting spirit which helped us pull through. 17. fighting words/talk something you say that shows that you want to fight hard for something 战斗宣言 Examples from the Corpus fighting words/talk• And we need to warn them that the words they are using can very easily become fighting words.• Today in the 1980s many Christians don't like this fighting talk.• Where I come from that's fighting talk.• It sounds like good fighting talk but, beyond the active birth arena, I wonder how accurate a picture it represents. 18. fight fire with fire REACTto use the same methods as your opponents in an argument, competition etc 以毒攻毒；以其人之道还治其人之身 Examples from the Corpus fight fire with fire• Sitting there, I imagined Durrell at his computer, clicking out his program for fighting fire with fire.• The official pronouncement was that they intended to fight fire with fire. 19 fight like cat and dog if two people fight like cat and dog, they argue a lot because they dislike each other or disagree 争吵不休 I didn’t get on with her at work either – we fought like cat and dog. 我和她在工作上也合不来——我们吵个没完。 20. fighting fit British EnglishBrE extremely fit and healthy 非常强健的 Examples from the Corpus fighting fit• Masie had responded brilliantly to treatment and seemed fighting fit.• She was taken in by Maggie Taylor and now five month old Teka is fighting fit and lapping up all the attention.• Consequently, it hosts an excellent wild brown trout population and fish are pink-fleshed and fighting fit, averaging 10oz in weight. 21 fight your corner British EnglishBrE to try to persuade people that your ideas about something are right and should be accepted 劝说别人接受自己的观点 The prime minister made it clear that Britain would fight its corner on Europe. 首相明确表示，英国将尽全力说服欧洲。 Examples from the Corpus fight your corner• He had nobody back in Langley who would be willing to fight his corner.• Sara Keays has continued to fight her corner.• She always said he should have stayed to fight his corner.• Jen fought her corner fiercely but Helen knew that she was winning. 22 fight shy of (doing) something British EnglishBrEAVOID to try to avoid doing something or being involved in something 避免做某事；避免参与某事，回避某事 Many women fight shy of motherhood. 许多女性不愿做母亲。 Examples from the Corpus fight shy of (doing) something• Over the years, courts and tribunals have fought shy of laying down detailed procedural guidance.• This, he says, accounts for developers fighting shy of putting money into the city.• In considering the right to live issue, there is a tendency to fight shy of the emotive word of murder.• After fighting shy of the idea, Mr Mandela, 82, agreed to it during a visit to London last year.• Yet the 18 counties fight shy of the risk, but what are they frightened of? PHRASAL VERBS 23 fight back phrasal verbphr v a) PREVENTto work hard to achieve or oppose something, especially in a situation where you are losing 抗争，还击，斗争〔尤在失利的情况下〕 United fought back and scored a last-minute goal. 联队奋起还击，在最后时刻破门得分。 against She was fighting back against the cancer. 她在与癌症抗争。 b) FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingto use violence or arguments against someone who has attacked you or argued with you 还击，反攻 The rebels are fighting back. 叛军正在反攻。 c) fight something ↔ back to try hard not to have or show a feeling 克制，忍住〔情感〕 She looked away, fighting back her tears. 她看向别处，强忍住泪水。 He fought back the impulse to slap her. 他尽力忍住要扇她耳光的冲动。 Examples from the Corpus fight back• Wallowing in self-pity instead of fighting back.• This nation has been oppressed for too long, and it's time we fought back.• A tale of a woman fighting back?• Now the tire companies have fought back.• The locals in Costilla County are also trying to fight back.• It has taken Oregon eight minutes to fight back from a ten-point deficit.• You must fight back if you become a victim of discrimination.• Those are some of the things unions need to do to put the fight back in people.• Three times Oregon fights back to within nine.• Children are often powerless to fight back when they are treated unfairly. 24 fight something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v to try hard not to have or show a feeling 克制，忍住〔情感〕 Doug fought down a feeling of panic. 道格努力克制住心里的恐慌。 Examples from the Corpus fight down• He moved against her hands, jerkily, almost losing the control he had fought to keep down.• He controls fights and calms down a stage invasion. 25 fight somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v a) VIOLENTto keep someone away, or stop them doing something to you, by fighting or opposing them 抵挡；阻止 Bodyguards had to fight off the crowds. 保镖不得不挡住人群。 The company managed to fight off a takeover attempt. 该公司设法阻止了一次收购企图。 b) to succeed in stopping other people getting something, and to get it for yourself 击退 Allan fought off stiff competition from throughout the UK to win one of only four places at the college. 艾伦在全英国的激烈竞争中胜出，在那所学院仅有的四个名额中赢得一席。 c) GET RID OFto try hard to get rid of something, especially an illness or a feeling 竭力摆脱〔尤指某种疾病或感觉〕 Elaine’s fighting off a cold. 伊莱恩正在和感冒斗争。 Examples from the Corpus fight off• Did you know that? fight him off.• I've had to fight him off.• Still, it looms as a perverse temptation, and Blue must struggle with himself for some time before fighting it off.• This fight-or - flight response may have helped our ancestors gear up and either get away from danger or fight it off.• Rest of the cast fought him off but the tenor got cut about quite badly and had to go to hospital.• When Foreman hurt his eye in training camp, the fight was put off for five weeks.• I tried to fight it off, of course.• She would never be able to fight him off physically. 26 fight something out phrasal verbphr v ARGUEto argue or fight until a disagreement is settled 〔通过争论或争斗〕解决，消除〔不和〕 We left them to fight it out. 我们让他们自己去解决。 Examples from the Corpus fight out• When the soldiers blocked university students from entering campuses the next morning, name-calling and fights broke out.• A white Democrat challenged him; a fight broke out and the Democrat was killed and Tolbert was wounded.• Further fights broke out around the pub, and windows were smashed.• Anybody else, including newcomer Wil Cordero, must fight it out in spring training just to be his backup.• But this time, what Frank and Tod did was to fight Carmichael out in the territory.• She looked at him a moment as if there were some kind of regret or shame fighting it out inside of her.• While the two sides fight it out, the only winners so far are the travelling public of Stroud.• Here and there the anti-Fascists were grouped together and running fights broke out with the Blackshirts. fight it out• Do you react by becoming rather subdued and leaving the protagonists to fight it out?• It was evident that the sensible decision had been reached to let the two most concerned fight it out alone.• Anybody else, including newcomer Wil Cordero, must fight it out in spring training just to be his backup.• The two groups will fight it out in the courts.• She looked at him a moment as if there were some kind of regret or shame fighting it out inside of her.• He would not fight it out just yet.• Enough then of words, and let us fight it out like very knights.• While the two sides fight it out, the only winners so far are the travelling public of Stroud.• I think Sadie will just keep fighting it out, you know? Examples from the Corpus fight• Pancho Villa fought a battle near here.• As kids, we fought about everything, but now we're pretty good friends.• If you two don't stop fighting about what to watch I'm going to send you to your room.• Neil Phillips will now fight Adams for leadership of the party.• Amnesty is an organization that fights against torture and injustice.• My mother and my grandmother fight all the time.• The children fought and pushed in line.• The Prime Minister has decided to stay on to fight another election.• He said he'd fight anyone who tried to stop him entering.• I argued, I fought, but he wanted to believe that happiness was impossible; it gave him some strange consolation.• Adult gangs did fight, but not with innocent people or bystanders.• If you want the job, you'll have to fight for it.• Our fathers, our grandfathers fought for that.• Most of these young soldiers don't even know what they're fighting for.• Freedom of speech is something well worth fighting for.• Kerry's parents are always fighting -- I'm not surprised she left home.• My grandfather fought in World War II.• His grandfather fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.• As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts.• He has even fought skeleton warriors with Jason and the Argonauts.• The Boers were fighting the British at this time.• Civil rights groups have vowed to fight the changes.• Conversely, if middle-class parents stay, if they stay and fight, they can turn things around.• Burke, for one, is committed to fighting this social dis-ease.• McCallum and Toney fought to a draw.• Mandela fought to abolish white-only rule in South Africa.• For a few minutes we fought wildly.• Billy had been fighting with some kids from another school. fighting ... war• It proved a fitting finale to what had been the first period of sustained fighting in the war.• Repercussions from the war roll far beyond the sorrow of families directly touched by 15 months of fighting.• Perhaps when we stopped asking what it meant to be fighting a war in Northern Ireland.• Mr Makoni has admitted that Harare has spent $ 190m fighting the war in the past two years.• Remember those soldiers who stopped fighting the Great War to play football across the Flanders trenches and exchange sweeties?• Either that or we could go on fighting wars to protect our foreign supplies.• Today, it is fighting the same war, with the same leaders, as 20 years ago. fight about/over/for• But we who are pro-choice have to remember exactly what it is we are fighting for.• During the battle with Sauron's warriors the Dead Host sail up to fight for Aragorn.• In the background, the fight for control of L Detachment was still rumbling on.• They fight for justice for a woman who was harassed by her boss at the workplace.• The organic movement has always fought for the continued availability of unpasteurised milk.• Mmembers themselves say being part of a national union gives them a voice to fight for their rights.• They fight for those who have been cheated by their landlords and manipulated by their banks.• Everybody knows that everything Red Cloud was fighting for was conceded by this treaty. fight to do something• Sweat dripped off me as I fought to achieve a stable altitude above the ground.• Piper squirmed between them for a moment, fighting to get free, then went limp.• Together they fought to keep the tax subsidy for churches in Connecticut and Massachusetts.• She saw his hands curl into white-knuckled fists and knew he was fighting to keep them at his sides.• In the sea, living things fight to keep water out.• I was fighting to protect my country against every surprise.• Armstrong is now fighting to recover, and the extent to which the damage in his arm is permanent remains in question.• I had to really fight to stay awake, I was so tired.• While not explicit, many implied that they would indeed fight to the death for their managing director. fight against• However, when fighting against another rattlesnake it does not use its poison fangs.• Conservative voters led a fight against forced school busing.• Appalled, I fought against him, pressing myself back, making my body leaden.• She fought against looking at women, seeing them the way she wanted to know and-be with them.• He fought against the prior violence of hunger, sickness, subjugation.• He fought against the sensation that Molland had strapped him on a sort of conveyor belt in a factory that processed death.• The best way to fight against the threat of nuclear war is to fight for socialism through class-struggle means. fight about/over• The three are fighting over control of the provincial assemblies, which will be important in the run-up to the election.• But Buchanan, Alexander and Forbes seemed intent on fighting over everything from immigration to the flat tax and education.• We've been fighting about money of late, but then again it might be my face.• Most married couples fight occasionally about money.• We used to fight over one skirt and the decent blouse.• The ensuing debate, though appearing to involve leprosy, was in reality a fight about territorial status.• At the core of the fight over the constitution is the relationship of powers between the presidency, government and parliament.• I started learning on my own, and we started getting into fights about things.• Instead of world trade, they fought over whether employers should be allowed to set up their own unions. Related topics: Sport fight2 ●●● S2 W3 noun 1 people hit each other 互相打斗 [countableC]FIGHT a situation in which two people or groups hit, push etc each other 打斗，打架 Her son was always getting into fights at school. 她儿子老是在学校打架。 fight with They ended up having a fight with each other. 他们最后打了一架。 fight between A fight broke out between the fans. 球迷们打了起来。 fight over/about fights over territory 领地之争 2 to achieve/prevent STH 取得某物/防止某事 [singular]FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST something the process of trying to achieve something or prevent something 争斗，斗争 fight for the fight for justice and democracy 为正义和民主而奋斗 The little girl lost her fight for life (=fight to stay alive) last night. 昨晚，那个小女孩未能战胜死神。 fight against the fight against crime 打击犯罪 fight to do something the fight to get financial aid 争取经济援助的努力 You’ll have a fight on your hands (=it will be difficult) to convince the committee. 要说服委员会，你可得费一番功夫。 3 argument 争吵 [countableC]ARGUE an argument 争论；争吵 fight with They’ve had a fight with the neighbours. 他们和邻居吵了一架。 fight over/about fights over money 为钱争吵 4 boxing 拳击运动 [countableC]DS a boxing match 拳击比赛 Are you going to watch the big fight tonight? 你准备看今晚的拳击大赛吗？ 5 battle 战斗 [countableC]WAR a battle between two armies 战斗 fight for the fight for Bunker Hill 争夺邦克山的战斗 6 energy 精力 [uncountableU]FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST something energy or the desire to keep fighting for something you want 斗志 There’s plenty of fight left in your grandmother. 你的祖母仍然斗志旺盛。 7 put up a good fight FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingCOMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto work very hard to fight or compete in a difficult situation 〔在困难情况下〕英勇地斗争，顽强地奋斗 Our team put up a good fight. 我们队打得很顽强。 8. a fight to the death/finish FIGHTa fight that continues until one side is completely defeated 决出胜负的战斗 Examples from the Corpus a fight to the death/finish• And if there's not enough advertising to go round, it could be a fight to the death.• It will be a fight to the finish.• Six teams are bitter rivals in what will be a fight to the finish.• By 1807 politics had become a fight to the death between the two factions.• Usually if two gray angels of nearly equal size are placed together a fight to the death ensues.• Some say 1972 was a fight to the death, which left Jacklin as the slain gladiator. COLLOCATIONS verbs have a fight 打架 I didn’t want to have a fight with him. 我不想和他打架的。 get into a fight (=become involved in a fight) 打架 The two men got into a fight over a girl. 那两个男人为一个女孩打了起来。 start a fight 打起架来 They started a fight in the crowded bar. 他们在拥挤的酒吧里打了起来。 pick a fight (=deliberately start a fight) 找碴打架，故意寻衅打架 The guy tried to pick a fight with Jack. 那个家伙在找碴要跟杰克打架。 stop a fight/break up a fight 制止打斗 nThe police were called in to break up a fight outside a nightclub. win/lose a fight 打架赢了/输了 nHe always won every fight he was in at school. be spoiling for a fight (=be very eager to fight with someone) 很想打上一架 nThe kids went round in gangs, all spoiling for a fight. a fight breaks out/erupts (=suddenly starts) 突然打了起来 nA fight broke out and one man was struck on the head. a fight takes place (=happens) 打了起来 nThe fight took place outside a nightclub. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fight a big fight 大打出手 They ended up having a big fight in the pub. 他们最后在小酒馆里大打出手。 a fair fight 公平的打斗 It was a fair fight, just two on two. 二对二，这样打架很公平。 a fierce fight 激烈的打斗 There was a fierce fight with rebel forces and several soldiers were killed. 与叛军发生激战，数名士兵阵亡。 a street fight 街头打斗 nThere were reports of street fights every night in the local newspaper. a fist fight (=a fight in which people hit each other with their closed hands) 赤手空拳的打斗 nA fist fight broke out after the match. a knife/sword fight 持刀/剑打斗 nThere have been several arrests, following knife fights between drunken fans. na title fight (=a fight between two boxers to decide who will win a competition) a heavyweight title fight n THESAURUS when people hit or attack each other fight a situation in which people hit or attack each other because of an argument, or as a sport He had a fight with an older boy. the famous fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman battle a fight between opposing armies or groups of people The English king was killed at the Battle of Hastings. a battle between two rival gangs scuffle a short fight that is not very violent There was a short scuffle with the police, but no arrests were made. punch-up British EnglishBrE informal a fight in which people hit each other because of an argument The game turned into a punch-up. brawl a noisy fight between a group of people He was hurt in a drunken brawl. altercation formal a short noisy argument or fight, especially one that is not serious There was a brief altercation and someone called the police. riot a fight involving a large number of people, especially people who are protesting about something The book provoked riots all over Europe. when people try to achieve something fight the process in which people try to stop something bad from happening or to improve a situation Schools have an important part to play in the fight against drugs. women’s fight for equality battle a fight to change a situation or deal with a problem in society The battle against racial discrimination is not over. campaign a planned series of actions intended to achieve something Motoring organizations started a campaign for safer roads. struggle a long, hard fight for freedom, independence, equal rights etc Nkrumah led the people in their struggle for independence. crusade someone’s fight against something they think is morally wrong She intends to continue her crusade against sex and violence on TV. Examples from the Corpus fight• If we had a fight I know I'd win, easy-peasy.• Three of his ribs were broken in a fight.• How did you get that black eye? Were you in a fight?• So anyway, so how did somebody almost get into a fight besides him and Jessica?• He had been at the pub for several hours before getting into a fight with another man.• Are you going to watch the big fight tomorrow?• A good fight once in a while can clear the air.• But Eliades is demanding that pot, plus Lewis' fight fee of around £5m, is frozen by a court judge.• That was the other thing, it took me a long fight to get my eye drops.• There was a massive fight after school yesterday.• A couple of fights broke out near the stadium after the game.• Tyson's fight against Evander Holyfield• Women's fight for equality has not ended.• It is considered one of the most significant developments in the fight against many brain disorders and diseases.• He was a hero in the fight for independence from France.• He knocked out his opponent only five minutes into the fight.• I went through with the fight, like I had said, knocked him out.• Northener Warren Goss takes up: Night came, yet the fight went on...• the fight between Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano• The fight against malnutrition and preventable diseases must continue.• New laws have been passed to help the police in their fight against organized crime. fight over/about• Bing and Callas fought over a contract.• The vultures eat greedily, fighting over scraps, slipping off the rock in their haste to consume.• We have huge fights about it.• These people were not fighting over what I was trained to believe they were fighting over-scarce resources.• But once that barrier has been broken, what is the fight about then?• At the core of the fight over the constitution is the relationship of powers between the presidency, government and parliament.• As for Mr Patrick, he says the fight over development has taken its toll.• What was the fight about?• Instead of world trade, they fought over whether employers should be allowed to set up their own unions. have a fight on ... hands• But you're going to have a fight on your hands.• Politics being politics, the Government may yet have a fight on its hands. fight over/about• Bing and Callas fought over a contract.• The vultures eat greedily, fighting over scraps, slipping off the rock in their haste to consume.• We have huge fights about it.• These people were not fighting over what I was trained to believe they were fighting over-scarce resources.• But once that barrier has been broken, what is the fight about then?• At the core of the fight over the constitution is the relationship of powers between the presidency, government and parliament.• As for Mr Patrick, he says the fight over development has taken its toll.• Instead of world trade, they fought over whether employers should be allowed to set up their own unions. Origin fight1 Old English feohtan →n GRAMMAR1 →PHRASAL VERBS1fight2 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1
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