[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 或 combatted, combatting,或 combatting)
[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
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'