c)fight something ↔ back to try hard not to have or show a feeling 克制,忍住〔情感〕
She looked away, fighting back her tears.
她看向别处,强忍住泪水。
He fought back the impulse to slap her.
他尽力忍住要扇她耳光的冲动。
Examples from the Corpus
fight back• Wallowing in self-pity instead of fighting back.• This nation has been oppressed for too long, and it's time we fought back.• A tale of a woman fighting back?• Now the tire companies have fought back.• The locals in Costilla County are also trying to fight back.• It has taken Oregon eight minutes to fight back from a ten-point deficit.• You must fight back if you become a victim of discrimination.• Those are some of the things unions need to do to put the fight back in people.• Three times Oregon fights back to within nine.• Children are often powerless to fight back when they are treated unfairly.
fight back ♦︎ retaliate ♦︎ get back at sb ♦︎ avenge ♦︎ hit back ♦︎ get even ♦︎ strike back ♦︎ settle a scoreThese words all mean to harm or punish sb in return for sth that they have done to you.这些词均表示反击、报复、复仇。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to retaliate / get back at sb for sth◆to fight back / retaliate / strike back / settle a score against sb◆to fight back / hit back / strike back at sb◆to retaliate / hit back / strike back with sth◆to fight back / retaliate / hit back by doing sth■ˌfight ˈback
phrasal verb
(fought, fought)to resist strongly or attack sb who has attacked you奋力抵抗;还击◆Don't let them bully you. Fight back!别让他们欺负你。要还击!◆It is time to fight back against street crime.该是打击街头犯罪行为的时候了。◆The team fought back from 3-0 down to get a 3-3 draw.该队奋力反击,把比分从0比3落后扳成3比3平。■retaliate rɪˈtælieɪt [intransitive] to do sth that harms sb because they have harmed you first报复;反击;复仇◆The police were pelted with stones and retaliated with tear gas.警方遭到石块攻击,以催泪瓦斯还击。◆The boy hit his sister, who retaliated by kicking him.男孩打了他妹妹,妹妹回敬他一脚。 see also retaliation ⇨ revenge■ˌget ˈback at sb
phrasal verb
(getting, got, got; NAmEspokengetting, got, gotten) (informal, especiallyspoken) to do sth that harms or punishes sb because they have harmed you first向某人报复;复仇◆I'll find a way of getting back at him!我会找机会报复他的!■avenge əˈvendʒ [transitive] (formalorliterary) to punish or hurt sb in return for sth bad or wrong they have done to you, your family or friends报(某事)之仇;向(某人)报仇◆He promised to avenge his father's murder.他发誓要报杀父之仇。◆She was determined to avenge herself on the man who had betrayed her.她决心报复那个辜负自己的男人。 see also vengeance ⇨ revenge■ˌhitˈ back
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(hitting, hit, hit) (ratherinformal) to reply angrily to criticism(对批评)回击,反击◆In a TV interview she hit back at her critics.她在电视采访中反驳了那些批评她的人。◆The chairman has hit back at claims in a national newspaper.主席在一家全国性报纸上驳斥了那些说法。■get ˈeven
idiom
(getting, got, got; NAmEspokengetting, got, gotten) (informal) to cause sb the same amount of trouble or harm as they have caused you报复;算账;扯平◆I'll get even with you for this, just you wait.这事我会找你算账的,等着瞧吧!■ˌstrike ˈback
phrasal verb
(struck, struck)to retaliate报复;反击;复仇◆He urged his people to strike back if they were attacked.他敦促手下的人如果受到攻击要还击。NOTE辨析 Retaliate or strike back?Strike back can be a more emotional term than retaliate. People talk about their own desire to strike back at sb who has hurt them; when you are talking about a situation that you are not involved in yourself, you might use the word retaliate. * strike back要比retaliate更具感情色彩。strike back指自己想要报复伤害过自己的人;如果说话者本人并未介入报复行动,可用retaliate◆She was filled with a desire to strike back at him.她一心想要报复他。◆Kay was sent off for retaliating against Walsh.凯因为报复沃尔什被罚下场。■settle a ˈscore
idiom
to hurt or punish sb who has harmed or cheated you in the past算账;报复◆It was a chance to settle a few scores with their neighbours.那是个跟他们的邻居算几笔旧账的机会。◆'Who would do such a thing?' 'Maybe someone with an old score to settle.'“谁会做这样的事呢?”“也许是结有宿怨的人吧。”