battle
单词辨析：
指作战、打架斗殴，或指努力想做某事或得到某事物。
The two villages banded together to fight their common enemy.
这两个村子团结起来与共同的敌人战斗。
Two man are fighting with each other in the street.
有两个男人在街上打架。
Most of the villagers in that area have to fight against hunger due to lack of food.
由于缺少食物，那一地区的大部分村民不得不与饥饿作斗争。
They are fighting for higher wages.
他们正在争取加薪。
主要指为达到某一目的而与困难、危险等作斗争；也指参战或作战。
Those brave firefighters are battling the flames.
那些勇敢的消防员正在与烈火搏斗。
The man had battled against cancer.
那个人与癌症抗争。
Workers are battling for better welfare.
工人们正在为提高福利待遇而斗争。
The two armies battled all night.
两军彻夜战斗。
指为实现某事而作出极大的努力，也指为脱身而与他人搏斗或为得到某物而与他人争抢。
Express companies are struggling with high costs.
各快递公司在努力应付高成本。
He was struggling with the thief when the police came.
警察赶到时他正与小偷厮打。
We struggled for possession of the gun.
我们拼命争抢那把枪。
通常指敌对国家之间或国内敌对势力之间进行的大规模武力战争，其中可包括多个战役（battle）。
We are fighting a just war.
我们在打一场正义战争。
The dawn of peace has appeared, but the danger of war still remains.
和平的曙光已经出现，但战争的危险依然存在。
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
人类必须结束战争，否则战争就会毁灭人类。
指战争中的军事行动，为不可数名词。
His son was killed in action in Vietnam.
他的儿子在越战中阵亡。
They went into action against superior forces.
他们跟更为强大的军队作战。
Can military action be avoided?
军事战斗可以避免吗？
通常指敌对双方的军队之间的交战，尤指大型战争中的某一次战役。
It was the most crucial battle in the whole war.
那是整个战争中最为关键的一次战役。
We won the war after a decisive battle.
经过一场决战后，我们取得了战争的胜利。
指战争中的军事行动，尤指小规模的战斗，作此义解时常可与action 换用；也可指人或群体间的打斗。
Corporal Jill was killed in combat/action.
吉尔下士阵亡了。
They were decisively defeated in combat/action.
他们在战斗中被彻底击败。
The soldiers were trained in unarmed combat.
士兵们接受了徒手格斗训练。
普通用词，尤指敌对军队间为争夺某一地方或位置而进行的战斗，也可指人或帮派之间的争斗。
After a fierce fight, the enemy yielded to our army.
经过一场激战，敌人向我军投降了。
The soldiers expended all their ammunition in the fight.
士兵们在战斗中用尽了所有的弹药。
Tom's always getting into fights at school.
汤姆老是在学校打架。
相关例句：
He witnessed the battle.
他亲眼目睹了那场战斗。
The badger and the snake had a ferocious battle in the woods.
獾和蛇在树林里进行了一场恶斗。
He was appalled to discover members of the board fighting damaging personal battles.
他惊恐地发现董事会成员正在进行你死我活的私人争斗。
The two men fought a battle over land and water rights
这两个男人为土地和水的使用权发生了争斗。
Thousands of people battled with police and several were reportedly wounded
数千人与警方发生冲突，据报道有数人在冲突中受伤。
This March, a British and an American company will do battle in the High Court over the right to press compact discs.
今年3月，一家英国公司和一家美国公司将会在最高法院就光盘压制权展开争夺。