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fight (obj)faItvpast fought HfO:t, $fA:tto use force against (esp. another person or group of people)战斗;搏斗;打架The children were fighting in the playground. [I]孩子们正在操场上打架。The soldiers fought from house to house under constant artillery fire. [I]士兵们在持续的炮火下从一间屋子攻打到另一间屋子。In the English Civil War, the Roundheads fought the Cavaliers. [T]在英国内战中，议会派人同保皇党人进行了斗争。He's a famous American boxer who fought in the fifties. [I]他是美国50年代著名的拳击手。They fought with (=on the side of ) the North against the South. [I]他们协同北方同南方打仗。It doesn't look encouraging, but we are determined to fight on (=continue fighting). [I]虽然看上去并不很有希望，但我们决心继续奋斗。The birds were fighting over (=competing for) the crusts of bread we had thrown for them. [I]鸟儿们在争抢我们扔给它们的面包屑。I could hear them fighting (=arguing) about who had left the lights on. [I]我能听到他们在为谁没关灯而争吵。He fought (=argued angrily) for years with (=against) his neighbours over who owned the fence. [I]他与邻居为谁是那个围篱的主人而争吵了多年。They were fighting like cats and dogs (=fighting or arguing very angrily and violently). [I]他们激烈地争吵着。They fought to the bitter end / to the death (=until everyone on one side was dead or completely defeated). [I]他们殊死战斗。If someone fights something, it can also mean that they use a lot of effort to defeat it or stop it happening.同…斗争;尝试阻止The firefighters spent three days fighting the warehouse fire. [T]救火员们与仓库大火搏斗了三天。He fought the disease bravely for three years. [T]他勇敢地与疾病斗争了三年。We need the public's help in fighting crime. [T]我们需要公众协助我们与犯罪行为作斗争。They had to fight hard for improvements to the road system. [I]他们必须尽力争取改进道路系统。The child fought (back / down) (=tried hard not to show or produce) its tears / its fear / its rude reply / the impulse to run away. [T / M]那个孩子强忍住眼泪/尽力抑制住他的恐惧/控制住自己没说出粗鲁的答话/抑制住想逃跑的冲动。The bank fought off (=successfully prevented) a takeover by another bank recently. [M]这家银行最近顶住了另一家银行的兼并。I managed to fight off (=quickly get rid of) the sore throat / feeling of depression. [M]我设法治好了咽喉痛/摆脱了消沉的情绪。To fight (something) can also mean to try to win it.打(仗);为赢得…而进行斗争The battle was fought and won in the air. [T]这场战斗是在空中进行并取胜的。They fought the case in / through the (law) courts. [T]他们在/通过法庭打官司。She successfully fought the seat (=the position of Member of Parliament) at the last election. [T]她成功地在上一次议会选举中赢得了席位。She successfully fought (at / in) the last election. [T; I + prep]她成功地赢得了上一次选举。(infml) There's only one free ticket --you'll have to fight it out between you (=make a decision / come to an agreement).只有一张免费的票，你们俩只好商量着办。He couldn't fight his way out of a (brown) paper bag (=he is not a person with energy and ability).他是个装在（牛皮）纸袋里都冲不出去的人。（他是个没有干劲又没有能力的人。）(Br) To fight your corner is to fight hard for something or defend it.奋力抗争，奋力保卫They nearly stopped the project but she fought her corner well and persuaded them to extend it.他们几乎要停止这个项目，但她据理力争说服了他们继续这个项目。To fight fire with fire means to use the same methods as someone else to defeat them.以火攻火，以其人之道还治其人之身If you fight a losing battle you are trying to do something that is not possible.打一场无望取胜的仗，做无望的努力We were fighting a losing battle trying to get him to keep his bedroom tidy.我们让他把卧室保持整洁的努力是白费劲。Someone who fights shy of something tries to avoid it.逃避I'd always fought shy of computers / flying, but after a recent experience I've changed my mind.我总是避免使用计算机/乘飞机，但最近的一次实践使我改变了原来的看法。(saying) 'He that fights and runs away, lives to fight another day'.战不胜而退者，来日可以再一搏。"Fight for your Right to Party" (title of a song by The Beastie Boys, 1987)《争取你参加晚会的权利》(比斯蒂男孩演唱组演唱的歌名)"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender" (speech by Sir Winston Churchill, 1940)“我们将在海滩上作战，我们将在登陆点作战，我们将在田野和街道上作战，我们将在山区作战，我们绝不投降。”(选自温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士1940年的演讲)"Fight the good fight / With all thy might" (from a hymn by J.S.B.Monsell, 1811-1875)“你们要全力以赴，打一场正义之战。”(选自J.S.B.的赞美诗)
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