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.