combat

combat
noun
  1. [mass noun]fighting between armed forces
    战斗;格斗
    five Hurricanes were shot down in combat .
    五架飓风式战斗机在战斗中被击落。
    [count noun]pilots re-enacted the aerial combats of yesteryear.
    飞行员们重演了去年的空战。
    [as modifier]a combat zone.
    战区。
    ■non-violent conflict or opposition
    斗争;反对
    electoral combat.
    竞选。
(combated combatted, combatting,或 combatting)
  1. [with obj.]take action to reduce, destroy, or prevent (something bad or undesirable)
    与…战斗,与…斗争
    an effort to combat drug trafficking.
    打击毒品买卖的努力。
    ■(archaic)engage in a fight with; oppose in battle
    (古)战斗;斗争;抗争
    [no obj.]your men combated against the first of ours.
    你们的人和我们的冠军搏斗。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a fight between two persons or parties): from French combattre (verb), from late Latin combattere, from com- 'together with' + battere, variant of Latin batuere 'to fight'
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