Twenty thousand Confederate soldiers were killed,wounded, or listed as missing in the battle of Gettysburg.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

God is depicted as a warrior, who leads his host , the Lord of hosts in battle.

上帝被描述为武士，他带领军队战斗，他是战争中军队之神。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I think almost 20,000 on that day died, and in the Battle of the Somme, as it unfolded, there were a million casualties.

在那一天我想大概有两万名士兵死去，并且在索姆河战役中，据显示，有一百万死者。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

They battle and survive a Mississippi flood for the reward of returning to state prison as the tall man did in the story "Old Man."

VOA: special.2010.01.10

So control of these international highways brought a great deal of wealth to the area, but the central location was a double-edged sword, because in times of peace it would bring prosperity, but, of course, in times of war the land was perpetually invaded as armies would crisscross the land going off to do battle with the great powers.

对这些国际要道的控制,给这个地区带来了大量的财富，但这处于中心的地理位置也如同一把双刃剑，因为在和平时期它带来繁荣，但，在战乱时期，这块土地常常被侵略,当军队在此刀刃相交,或者经过与强国征战。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In 2009,Russians marked 300 years since their country defeated Sweden in the decisive Battle of Poltava, in which Russia replaced that Scandinavian country as the great power of Northern Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

In 1981 Ayala joined a legal battle as an expert witness in the challenge against an Arkansas law mandating that the biblical story of creation be taught in schools, alongside Darwin's theory of evolution.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

And that will be a very tough battle." As in many countries, America's elected officials are loathe to raise taxes or cut spending, particularly when the economy is weak and millions are out of work.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21