wars

英 [wɔːz]

美 [wɔrz]

n.  战争; 战争状态; (群体、公司、国家之间的)竞争，斗争，对抗，冲突; (为消灭有害事物的)长期斗争; 顽强抵御
war的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 战争
  Awaris a period of fighting or conflict between countries or states.
  1. He spent part of the war in the National Guard...
     战争期间，他在国民警卫队呆过一段时间。
  2. ...matters of war and peace...
     战争与和平的问题
  3. They've been at war for the last fifteen years.
     最近15年来他们一直在打仗。
• N-VAR (国家或组织之间的)经济竞争
  Waris intense economic competition between countries or organizations.
  1. The most important thing is to reach an agreement and to avoid a trade war.
     最重要的是达成协议，避免贸易战。
• N-VAR 宣战;斗争
  If you makewar onsomeone or something that you are opposed to, you do things to stop them succeeding.
  1. She has been involved in the war against organised crime.
     她参与了打击有组织犯罪的斗争。
  2. ...if the United States is to be successful in its war on drugs.
     如果美国想在反毒斗争中获得胜利…
• See also:warringcivil warCold Warcouncil of war
• PHRASE (在打架或事故中)受伤
  If someonehas been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
  1. Ben has also been in the wars. He is still in plaster after breaking a leg.
     本也受了伤。他摔断了一条腿，现在还打着石膏。
• PHRASE 开战;打仗
  If a countrygoes to war, it starts fighting a war.
  1. Do you think this crisis can be settled without going to war?
     你认为这场危机能和平解决吗？
• PHRASE 论战;口水战
  If two people, countries, or organizations have awar of words, they criticize each other because they strongly disagree about something.
  1. Animal rights activists have been engaged in an increasingly bitter war of words with many of the nation's zoos.
     动物权利保护者和该国多家动物园展开了越来越激烈的论战。
• tolose the battle but win the war→ see:battle

双语例句

• He has lived through three wars and two revolutions.
  他经历了三次战争和两次革命。
• Last month, we have seen the number of "papaya Wars"?
  上个月，我们看过多少次“木瓜大战”了？
• Disputes over succession occurred regularly and have led to a number of civil wars.
  继承纠纷经常发生，并造成了一些人的内战。
• In the 1790s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes, diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves.
  汤姆·潘恩在18世纪90年代教育平民激进分子时论述到，如果不是为了实现王公、外交官和士兵借发起战争而使自己富有的潜在利益，人类本会生活在和谐之中。
• Nations had been overrun or partly overrun in wars for centuries past.
  在过去几个世纪中，许多国家在战争中被侵占或部分被侵占。
• Wars have influenced the course of history.
  战争一直影响着历史的进程。
• One of these wars is winding down.
  这其中的一场战争正偃旗息鼓。
• In modern wars, both combatants and non-combatants are killed.
  在现代战争中，战斗人员与非战斗人员都可能死亡。
• Now she's made a splash in the American television show 'Civil Wars'.
  现在她已经凭借美国电视剧《内战》而一炮走红。
• The Napoleonic Wars and oppression of the Napoleonic regime, undermined France's creative life.
  拿破仑战争和拿破仑政权的压迫，破坏了法国的创意生活。