fighting• Fighting between rivalgangs resulted in the death of a teenageboy.• Fighting broke out between English and Dutchfootball fans after the game.• The match was marred by first-half fighting and 15 penalties against the Lions in the second half.• In Maydan Shar on Aug. 17,100 Kabul militiamen were reportedly killed in heavyfighting with mujaheddin forces.• The streets of the capital are now quiet again, after three weeks of heavy fighting.• They include captivemonstersgoaded into fighting and monsters which have been magically bound by spells of obedience.• These were set in motion once fighting began and were kept in effect despite falls in prices.• Some 15,000 people have fled the city, following renewedfighting.• On Feb. 19, Aoun and Geaga agreed a six-point pact to end the fighting.• End of a school Many teachers were displaced in the fighting.• The UN had failed to stop the fighting in Rwanda.• There was fighting on the streets of Paris yesterday when police and demonstratorsclashed.• They are quarrelsome, politically unstable and poor; some are preoccupied with fighting.• His war had been worthfighting, much as she regretted the admission.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FIGHTING | FIGHTING + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bitter, fierce, hard, heavy, intense, serious冷酷的/猛烈的/艱苦的/激烈的/緊張的/需認真對待的戰鬥➤bloody血腥的戰鬥▸➤continued, continuing持續不斷的/還在繼續的戰鬥▸➤fresh, renewed新的戰鬥▸➤sporadic零星的戰鬥➤constant持續的戰鬥▸➤hand-to-hand肉搏戰◇The sword and mace were the preferred weapons for hand-to-hand fighting.劍和狼牙棒是人們在徒手戰中比較喜歡用的武器。➤house-to-house, street, urban挨家挨戶的戰鬥;巷戰;城市戰爭➤factional派系之間的鬥爭VERB + FIGHTING➤end, halt, stop結束戰鬥;停戰◇The talks are intended to end the fighting.談判旨在結束爭鬥。➤take part in參戰◇The conspirators took no part in the fighting which ensued.密謀者沒有參加隨後發生的戰鬥。➤be killed in, die in在戰鬥中被殺;死於戰爭▸➤escape, flee逃避/逃離戰爭◇refugees fleeing the fighting戰爭難民FIGHTING + VERB➤take place戰爭發生▸➤begin, break out, erupt, flare, start戰爭開始/發生/爆發/突然爆發/起始◇Fierce fighting broke out among the refugees.難民之間爆發了激戰。➤ensue, follow戰鬥隨後發生▸➤continue, go on戰鬥繼續▸➤rage戰鬥激烈進行◇For nearly two months the fighting raged.激烈的戰鬥持續了差不多兩個月。➤intensify戰爭激化▸➤die away, die down, diminish戰爭慢慢平息◇Even if the fighting dies down, no answer is in sight to the political crisis.即使戰爭停止,目前也沒有解決政治危機的辦法。➤cease, end, stop戰鬥停止;戰鬥結束▸➤resume戰鬥重新開始PREPOSITION➤during the fighting, in the fighting戰鬥期間;在戰鬥中◇He was badly wounded during the fighting.他在戰鬥中受了重傷。➤fighting between⋯之間的戰鬥◇There has been renewed fighting between the government forces and the rebels.政府軍和叛軍再度交火。PHRASES➤do the/sb's fighting作戰;為某人作戰◇He prefers others to do the fighting for him.他喜歡別人為他衝鋒陷陣。➤a lull in the fighting戰鬥間歇期