"There are,of course,some in Washington who are attempting to draw old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor's record,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Well,you're in some battle,or rather, your troop is in some battle, and people are being killed left and right.

比如你在战场上，或者说你的军队在战场上，周围的人被杀死。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So all signs of a cosmic battle, or some primordial act of violence between the forces of chaos And evil and the forces of cosmos and good are eliminated.

因此所有宇宙间战争的标志，或者原始的暴行,在混乱邪恶与宇庙美好力量之间的冲突都被消泯。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The president will attempt to regain the initiative in the battle for health care reform after losing ground last month in public opinion polls and in some angry town hall forums where his plan was heavily criticized.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

But some things seem to be indisputable, for instance, if I say we won the battle I can prove that to you most of the time.

但有些东西还是没有争议的,举个例子,我说我们赢得了战役,我可以证明这一点

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

In his speech, the president indicated he may be willing to cede some ground in the ongoing political battle over abortion, calling for a "sensible conscience clause" to be included in any potential new freedom of choice legislation, so that doctors and nurses who oppose abortions cannot be forced to perform them.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

the battle took place over some land that was being contested on a frontier and they would go down to that area and pick a spot and there they would go and fight with one another.

战争爆发是为了争夺国境线上的争议地区,他们会到那个地区,挑好地方,然后在那里大打出手

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"I guess it was a process of waking up to what I was actually doing and just as I am helping set up all these memorials out here, I think back to some of the things that were part of my day to day life in the military even before I got to Iraq, just how some of our battle cries would be things like kill them all."

VOA: standard.2010.03.20