com·bat

noun

/ˈkɒmbæt/

/ˈkɑːmbæt/

[uncountable, countable]

fighting or a fight, especially during a time of war搏斗；打仗；战斗
- in combat He was killed in combat.他在战斗中阵亡。
- armed/unarmed combat (= with/without weapons)武装／非武装对抗
- combat troops作战部队
- combat boots军靴
- aerial combat空战
- Knightly combats were only a very small part of medieval warfare.骑士格斗只是中世纪战争的一小部分。
see also single combat
Extra Examples
- Our platoon has yet to see combat.我们排还没有参加过战斗。
- The soldiers are in combat with rebel forces.士兵与叛乱武装对抗。
- The troops were locked in hand-to-hand combat.部队陷入了肉搏战。
- a fierce combat between two champions两个冠军之间的激战
- in mortal combat against dragons在与群龙殊死搏斗
- Hardly any enemy combat aircraft have been destroyed.几乎没有任何敌方战斗机被摧毁。
Topics War and conflictc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- fierce
- intense
- mortal
- …
verb + combat
- be engaged in
- be locked in
- engage in
- …
combat + noun
- mission
- operation
- zone
- …
preposition
- in combat
- in combat with
- combat against
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a fight between two people or parties): from French combattre (verb), from late Latin combattere, from com- ‘together with’ + battere, variant of Latin batuere ‘to fight’.

com·bat

verb

/ˈkɒmbæt/

/ˈkɑːmbæt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they combat	/ˈkɒmbæt/ /ˈkɑːmbæt/
he / she / it combats	/ˈkɒmbæts/ /ˈkɑːmbæts/
past simple combated	/ˈkɒmbætɪd/ /ˈkɑːmbætɪd/
past participle combated	/ˈkɒmbætɪd/ /ˈkɑːmbætɪd/
past simple combatted	/ˈkɒmbætɪd/ /ˈkɑːmbætɪd/
past participle combatted	/ˈkɒmbætɪd/ /ˈkɑːmbætɪd/
-ing form combating	/ˈkɒmbætɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːmbætɪŋ/
-ing form combatting	/ˈkɒmbætɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːmbætɪŋ/

combat something to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or from getting worse防止；减轻
- measures to combat crime/inflation/unemployment/disease防止犯罪／通货膨胀／失业／疾病的措施
Extra Examples
- Measures to combat violent crime have been proposed.已提出打击暴力犯罪的措施。
- She argued that the only way to combat inflation effectively was to keep interest rates high.她提出理由说明有效防止通货膨胀的唯一方法就是保持高利率。
- He announced new measures to combat crime in the inner cities.他宣布了打击内城区犯罪活动的新措施。
- The country has appealed for aid to combat serious shortages of foodstuffs.该国已吁请援助以应付严重的食品短缺。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- effectively
- successfully
verb + combat
- help (to)
- be designed to
phrases
- action to combat something
- efforts to combat something
- measures to combat something
- …
combat somebody (formal) to fight against an enemy战斗；与…搏斗
- The security forces were unwilling to combat the insurgents.安全部队不愿意打击叛乱分子。

Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a fight between two people or parties): from French combattre (verb), from late Latin combattere, from com- ‘together with’ + battere, variant of Latin batuere ‘to fight’.