fight /faɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( fighting, fought, fights )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you fight something unpleasant, you try in a determined way to prevent it or stop it from happening. 与…作斗争

  例：

  More units to fight forest fires are planned.

  已经计划增派部队来扑灭森林大火。

  例：

  I've spent a lifetime fighting against racism and prejudice.

  我花了毕生的时间与种族歧视和偏见作斗争。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Fight is also a noun. 斗争

  例：

  ...the fight against drug addiction.

  …与毒品上瘾的斗争。

• 3. 

  V-I If you fight for something, you try in a determined way to get it or achieve it. 奋斗

  例：

  Lee had to fight hard for his place on the expedition.

  李必须为他在考察队的一席之地而努力奋斗。

  例：

  I told him how we had fought to hold on to the company.

  我告诉他我们是如何为保住公司而奋斗的。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Fight is also a noun. 奋斗

  例：

  I too am committing myself to continue the fight for justice.

  我也正致力于继续正义之战。

• 5. 

  V-T/V-I If a person or army fights in a battle or a war, they take part in it. 参战

  例：

  He fought in the war and was taken prisoner by the Americans.

  他参加了战争，后来被美军俘虏。

  例：

  If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country.

  如果我还是个年轻人，我宁可坐牢也不愿为这个国家去打仗。

• 6. 

  fighting N-UNCOUNT 战斗

  例：

  More than nine hundred people have died in the fighting.

  九百多人在这场战斗中死去。

• 7. 

  V-T If you fight your way to a place, you move toward it with great difficulty, for example, because there are a lot of people or obstacles in your way. 挤

  例：

  I fought my way into a carriage just before the doors closed.

  我正好在车门关闭之前挤进了一节车厢。

• 8. 

  V-T/V-I To fight means to take part in a boxing match. 参加拳击赛

  例：

  In a few hours' time one of the world's most famous boxers will be fighting here for the first time.

  再过几个小时，世界最著名的拳击手之一将首次在这里参加比赛。

  例：

  I'd like to fight him because he's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him.

  我想跟他比赛拳击，因为他从未被打败过，而我想成为第一个战胜他的人。

• 9. 

  V-T If you fight an election, you are a candidate in the election and try to win it. 参加 (竞选)

  例：

  He helped raise almost $40 million to fight the election campaign.

  他帮忙募集了将近四千万美元来参加竞选活动。

• 10. 

  V-T If you fight a case or a court action, you make a legal case against someone in a very determined way, or you put forward a defence when a legal case is made against you. 打 (官司)

  例：

  Watkins sued the Army and fought his case in various courts for 10 years.

  沃特金斯起诉了军队并用10年在不同的法庭打他的官司。

• 11. 

  V-T/V-I If you fight an emotion or desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it, but do not always succeed. 克制

  例：

  I desperately fought the urge to giggle.

  我拼命地忍着不笑。

  例：

  He fought with the urge to smoke one of the cigars he'd given up a while ago.

  他克制自己的烟瘾，不去想刚才没吸的那支雪茄。

• 12. 

  V-RECIP If an army or group fights a battle with another army or group, they oppose each other with weapons. You can also say that two armies or groups fight a battle. 打 (仗)

  例：

  Police fought a gun battle with a gang which used hand grenades against them.

  警察与使用手榴弹的一个团伙进行了枪战。

• 13. 

  V-RECIP If one person fights with another, or fights them, the two people hit or kick each other because they want to hurt each other. You can also say that two people fight. 打架

  例：

  As a child she fought with her younger sister.

  小时候她跟她的妹妹打过架。

  例：

  I did fight him, I punched him but it was like hitting a wall.

  我确实打了他，我用拳头打他，却像打在一面墙上。

• 14. 

  N-COUNT Fight is also a noun. 打架 [oft N 'with' n]

  例：

  He had a fight with Smith and bloodied his nose.

  他跟史密斯打了一架，把他的鼻子打出了血。

• 15. 

  V-RECIP If one person fights with another, or fights them, they have an angry disagreement or quarrel. You can also say that two people fight. 吵架 [非正式]

  例：

  She was always arguing with him and fighting with him.

  她总是跟他争论和吵架。

  例：

  Gwendolen started fighting her teachers.

  格温德琳开始和她的老师们争吵。

• 16. 

  N-COUNT Fight is also a noun. 吵架

  例：

  We think maybe he took off because he had a big fight with his dad the night before.

  我们认为或许他离开是因为他和他父亲在前天晚上大吵了一架。

• 17. 

  N-COUNT A fight is a boxing match. 拳击赛

  例：

  The referee stopped the fight.

  裁判叫停了那场拳击赛。

• 18. 

  N-COUNT You can use fight to refer to a contest such as an election or a sports competition. 角逐 [journalism]

  例：

  ...the fight for power between the two parties.

  …两党之间权力的角逐。

• 19. 

  N-UNCOUNT Fight is the desire or ability to keep fighting. 斗志

  例：

  I thought that we had a lot of fight in us.

  我认为我们斗志昂扬。

• 20. 

  PHRASE Someone who is fighting for their life is making a great effort to stay alive, either when they are being physically attacked or when they are very ill. 与死神作斗争

  例：

  He is still fighting for his life in the hospital.

  他还在医院里与死神作斗争。