5PHRASE [VERB inflects](在打架或事故中)受伤 If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident. (在打架或事故中)受伤 [informal]
Ben has also been in the wars. He is still in plaster after breaking a leg.
本也受了伤。他摔断了一条腿,现在还打着石膏。
6PHRASE 开战;打仗 If a country goes to war, it starts fighting a war. 开战;打仗
Do you think this crisis can be settled without going to war?
你认为这场危机能和平解决吗?
7PHRASE 论战;口水战 If two people, countries, or organizations have a war of words, they criticize each other because they strongly disagree about something. 论战;口水战 [journalism] [Also + between]
Animal rights activists have been engaged in an increasingly bitter war of words with many of the nation's zoos. [+ with]
War is nothing but the continuation of politics by other meansKarl von ClausewitzOn War
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshedMao ZedongOn Protracted War
There was never a good war, or a bad peaceBenjamin Franklin
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor readingThomas HardyThe Dynasts
He that makes a good war makes a good peaceGeorge HerbertOutlandish Proverbs
O I know they make war because they want peace; they hate so that they may live; and they destroy the present to make the world safe for the future. When have they not done and said they did it for that?Elizabeth SmartNecessary Secrets
For what can war but endless war still breed?John MiltonSonnet, On the Lord General Fairfax
Above all, this book is not concerned with Poetry, The subject of it is War, and the Pity of War. The Poetry is in the PityWilfred OwenPoems (preface)
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popularOscar WildeThe Critic as Artist
In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losersNeville Chamberlain
War is too serious a matter to entrust to military menGeorges Clemenceau
War is like love, it always finds a wayBertolt BrechtMother Courage and Her Children
It is easier to make war than to make peaceGeorges Clemenceau
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every manThomas HobbesLeviathan
History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happenEnoch Powellspeech to the Conservative Party Conference
Let slip the dogs of warWilliam ShakespeareJulius Caesar
War is the trade of kingsJohn DrydenKing Arthur
The quickest way of ending a war is to lose itGeorge OrwellShooting an Elephant
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will comeCarl Sandburg`The People, Yes'
Since war begins in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructedConstitution of UNESCO
The next war will be fought with atom bombs and the one after that with spearsHarold Urey
A bayonet is a weapon with a worker at each endpacifist slogan
Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginityanti-war graffiti
War will cease when men refuse to fightpacifist slogan
After each war there is a little less democracy to saveBrooks AtkinsonOnce Around the Sun
What if someone gave a war and Nobody came? Life would ring the bells of Ecstasy and Forever be Itself againAllen GinsbergThe Fall of America
In the fall the war was always there but we did not go to it any moreErnest HemingwayMen Without Women
The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a combJorge Luis Borges
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WAR | WAR + VERB | WAR + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤long, short長期/短期戰爭➤impending, ongoing即將爆發的/持續的戰爭▸➤bloody血腥的戰爭▸➤all-out, full-scale, total全面戰爭;總體戰◇Six years of total war had left no citizen untouched.6 年的全面戰爭讓所有的公民都受到了影響。➤limited有限戰爭➤pre-emptive, preventative (NAmE) 先發制人的/預防性戰爭▸➤holy, just, religious聖戰;正義之戰;宗教戰爭➤dirty骯髒的戰爭▸➤civil, global, world內戰;全球戰爭;世界大戰▸➤air, guerrilla空戰;游擊戰▸➤atomic, nuclear核戰爭➤conventional常規戰爭▸➤cold冷戰▸➤economic, trade經濟戰;貿易戰➤drug (especially NAmE) 毒品戰爭▸➤bidding, price投標戰;價格戰▸➤class, culture (especially NAmE) 階級鬥爭;文化戰爭➤turf(幫派)地盤爭奪戰➤phoney (BrE) 戰爭狀態VERB + WAR➤be in, fight in參戰;參加戰鬥◇My grandfather fought in the Korean War.我爺爺參加過朝鮮戰爭。➤fight, make, wage打仗;進行戰爭;發動戰爭◇The two countries fought a short but bloody war.兩個國家進行了一場短暫而血腥的戰爭。◇The Spartans were persuaded to make war on Athens.斯巴達人被說服對雅典人發動了戰爭。◇The terrorists were charged with waging war against the state.恐怖分子被指控發動反對國家的戰爭。➤win贏得戰爭▸➤lose輸掉戰爭▸➤declare宣戰➤enter參戰◇The United States entered the war in 1917.美國於 1917 年參戰。➤launch, start發動戰爭◇They launched a trade war against France.他們對法國發動了貿易戰。➤spark引發戰爭◇He fears the violence could spark a civil war.他害怕該暴力事件會引發內戰。➤go to開戰◇The country went to war in 1939.這個國家在 1939 年陷入戰爭中。➤end結束戰爭▸➤avert, prevent避免/防止戰爭▸➤be devastated by, be ravaged by遭受戰爭重創➤be killed in死於戰爭WAR + VERB➤approach, loom, threaten戰爭逼近/迫在眉睫/威脅▸➤begin, break out, come, erupt, start戰爭開始;戰爭爆發;戰爭來臨▸➤escalate, spread戰爭升級/擴大◇talks to prevent the war from escalating阻止戰爭升級的會談➤continue, drag on, go on, last, progress, rage, rage on戰爭繼續;戰事拖延;戰爭持續;戰爭激烈進行◇The war raged for nearly two years.激烈的戰爭持續了將近兩年。➤come to an end, end戰爭結束WAR + NOUN➤years戰爭年代◇the shortage of food during the war years戰爭年代的食物短缺➤hero, veteran戰鬥英雄;退伍軍人▸➤chief, leader戰爭首腦/領導人▸➤casualties, victims戰爭傷亡人員/受害者▸➤damage戰爭破壞▸➤correspondent戰地記者◇the war correspondent of a daily newspaper一家日報的戰地記者➤coverage戰爭報道◇critiques of the mainstream media's war coverage對主流媒體有關戰爭報道的評論➤artist, poet (both especially BrE) 戰爭題材藝術家/詩人▸➤zone戰區▸➤effort戰備◇Every available resource went towards / toward the war effort.一切可用的資源都投入到戰備中去了。➤record參戰經歷◇Both candidates have distinguished war records.兩位候選人都曾在戰爭中有過出色表現。➤wound戰爭創傷▸➤crime, criminal戰爭罪行;戰犯▸➤cemetery, graves, memorial陣亡將士墓地;戰爭紀念碑▸➤plan戰爭計劃▸➤aims戰爭目標➤game戰爭遊戲➤chest戰爭基金;專用資金◇The government has a $20-billion war chest to fight terrorism.政府有 200 億美元的反恐專用資金。➤reparations戰爭賠款▸➤bride, widow戰時新娘;戰爭遺孀▸➤booty戰利品▸➤cry, dance作戰時的吶喊;戰舞▸➤machine戰爭機器◇the Soviet war machine蘇聯戰爭機器PREPOSITION➤at war處於交戰狀態◇a country at war交戰國➤between the wars (= between the First and Second World Wars) , in (a/the) war在兩次世界大戰之間;在戰爭中◇killed in war陣亡◇He took part in the Vietnam War.他參加過越南戰爭。➤war against, war with針對⋯的戰爭◇the war against the French反法戰爭◇a war against drug abuse反毒品戰爭➤war between⋯之間的戰爭◇war between Iran and Iraq兩伊戰爭➤war for為了⋯的戰爭◇the Greek war for independence希臘獨立戰爭➤war of⋯的戰爭◇a war of liberation解放戰爭➤war on對⋯的戰爭◇The US declared war on Japan.美國對日宣戰。➤war with與⋯的戰爭◇a trade war with the United States與美國的貿易戰PHRASES➤the aftermath of the war戰爭的後果◇Unexploded mines were a big danger to civilians in the aftermath of the war.戰後,沒爆炸的地雷對平民構成了重大威脅。➤the brink of war戰爭的邊緣◇The crisis took Europe to the brink of war.這場危機把歐洲推到了戰爭邊緣。➤the course of a/the war戰爭期間◇He was wounded twice during the course of the war.他在戰爭期間受過兩次傷。➤a declaration of war戰爭宣言◇Congress has made a formal declaration of war.國會已經正式宣戰。➤the horrors of war戰爭的恐怖◇The country had just emerged from the horrors of civil war.這個國家剛剛擺脫內戰的恐怖。➤in a state of war處於交戰狀態◇The country was now in a state of war.該國正處在交戰狀態。➤in time of war, in times of war在戰時◇In times of war, troops were billeted in the mill.戰時,部隊駐紮在磨坊裏。➤on a war footing按戰備狀態◇The army had been placed on a war footing.部隊是按戰備狀態部署的。➤the outbreak of war戰爭爆發◇At the outbreak of war, most children were evacuated to the countryside.戰爭爆發的時候,大部份孩子被疏散到了鄉下。➤the outcome of a/the war戰爭的結果◇The outcome of the war was far from certain.戰爭的勝負還遠未確定。➤a prisoner of war戰俘◇He was held as a prisoner of war.他被作為戰俘關押起來了。➤a theatre/theater of war戰區◇The country has long been a theatre / theater of war.這個國家長期以來一直在打仗。➤a war of attrition消耗戰
war noun ⇨war (countries at war)⇨campaign (the war on drugs)⇨debate (a trade war)war
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war ♦︎ battle ♦︎ action ♦︎ conflict ♦︎ fighting ♦︎ combat ♦︎ warfare ♦︎ campaign ♦︎ hostilities ♦︎ skirmishThese are all words for a situation in which two or more countries or groups of people fight against each other.这些词均表示战争、战斗。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a war / a battle / action / a conflict / fighting / combat / warfare / a campaign / hostilities / a skirmish with / against / between sb / sth◆in war / battle / action / conflict / fighting / combat / warfare / hostilities◆in a war / battle / conflict / campaign / skirmish◆(a) civil / nuclear war / conflict / warfare◆(a) fierce / bloody action / conflict / fighting / combat / warfare◆(a) decisive war / battle / action / conflict / campaign◆(a) military battle / action / conflict / combat / campaign◆to win / lose a war / battle / conflict / campaign / skirmish◆to fight a war / battle / campaign◆a war / a battle / action / a conflict / fighting / combat / a campaign / a skirmish takes place◆war / conflict / fighting / hostilities breaks out / break out◆a war / a battle / action / a conflict / fighting / combat / a campaign / hostilities begins / begin◆a war / a battle / a conflict / fighting / combat / a campaign / hostilities ends / end◆a war / a battle / action / a conflict / fighting / combat / warfare / a campaign continues◆a war / a battle / a conflict / fighting / combat / warfare / a campaign goes on◆the outbreak of war / conflict / fighting / combat / hostilities■war [uncountable, countable] a situation in which two or more countries or groups of people fight against each other over a period of time战争;战争状态◆The two countries were at war for eight years.两国之间的战争打了八年。◆The USA declared war on Germany in 1917.美国于1917年向德国宣战。◆The terrorists were charged with waging war against the state.恐怖分子被指控向那个国家发动战争。◆My grandfather fought in two world wars.我的祖父参加了两次世界大战。◆The country went to war in 1914.该国1914年卷入战争。OPPpeace ⇨ peace■battle [countable, uncountable] a time when two or more armies meet and fight, especially during a war; a violent fight between two groups of people战役;战斗;搏斗◆Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.拿破仑在滑铁卢战役中战败。◆His father had been killed in battle.他的父亲已经阵亡。◆Many young men were sent into battle without proper training.许多年轻人没有受到应有的训练就被送上了战场。◆Scores of people have been hurt in running battles with police.很多人在与警察的持久战中受了伤。■action [uncountable] (especially journalism尤用于新闻) fighting in a battle or war战斗;作战◆He was killed during enemy action.他在一次敌军行动中阵亡。◆He was reported missing in action.据报告他在战斗中失踪。◆I never saw action during the war.战争时期,我从未参加过战斗。■conflict [countable, uncountable] a violent situation or period of fighting between two countries(两国之间的)军事冲突,战斗◆Peace talks have failed to end the 6-year-old conflict.和平谈判未能终止六年的军事冲突。◆Conflict between the two groups has left more than 8 000 dead.两派间的冲突已导致超过8 000人死亡。■fighting [uncountable] the violent activity that takes place when two or more countries or groups of people fight against each other军事冲突;战斗◆Heavy fighting broke out in the east of the country.该国东部爆发了激烈的军事冲突。◆There were outbreaks of street fighting in three districts of the city last night.昨夜这个城市有三个区发生了巷战。 see also fight ⇨ fightverb1■combatˈkɒmbæt; NAmEˈkɑːmbæt [uncountable] fighting, especially during a time of war搏斗;打仗;战斗◆The soldiers are in combat with rebel forces.士兵与叛乱武装对抗。◆The troops were locked in hand-to-hand combat.部队陷入了肉搏战。■warfareˈwɔːfeə(r); NAmEˈwɔːrfer [uncountable] the activity of fighting a war, especially using particular weapons or methods(尤指用某种武器或方式的)战,作战,战争◆He denied his country has developed the capability for chemical warfare.他否认他的国家已经有能力打化学战。◆The fighting quickly turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare.这场战斗很快演变成一场全面的游击战争。■campaign [countable] a series of attacks or battles that are intended to achieve a particular military aim during a war战役◆The Russian campaign ended with the German defeat at Stalingrad.俄罗斯战役以德国在斯大林格勒战败宣告结束。◆The terrorists responded with a bombing campaign directed at business and commerce.恐怖分子的反应是针对企业和商业发动爆炸袭击。■hostilitieshɒˈstɪlətiz; NAmEhɑːˈstɪlətiz [plural] (ratherformal, especially journalism尤用于新闻) acts of fighting in a war战争行为◆Hostilities between the two countries ended in a ceasefire.两国最终达成停火协议,结束了敌对行动。ⓘ Hostilities is used especially to talk about when fighting begins, ends, stops for a short time or starts again. Collocating verbs include begin, break out, cease, end, suspend and resume. Phrases include the outbreak/cessation/suspension/resumption of hostilities.表示战争的开始、结束、暂时中断或重新爆发时尤用hostilities,与之搭配的动词有begin、break out、cease、end、suspend和resume,构成的短语有the outbreak/cessation/suspension/resumption of hostilities(战争的爆发/停止/暂停/再次爆发)。■skirmishˈskɜːmɪʃ; NAmEˈskɜːrmɪʃ [countable] a short fight between small groups of soldiers, etc., especially one that is not planned(尤指突发的)小规模战斗,小冲突◆Minor skirmishes broke out all along the border.边界多处爆发了小规模战斗。 see also skirmish ⇨ fightverb1