奮鬥不息：fighting的用法和辨析詳解

-It's true. The English ships are moving up from the south. I don't know about the Welsh yet， but the Irish have landed. I had to see it with me own eyes before I could believe it.

-What the hell are the Irish doing fighting with the English?

-I wouldn't worry about them. Didn't I tell you before, it's my island.

——Braveheart

-是真的！英格蘭的運兵船從南邊開過來了！威爾士那邊的情況我還不知道，不過愛爾蘭軍隊已經登陸了！真是不敢相信！

-愛爾蘭人爲什麼他媽的要替英格蘭人賣命呢？

-不用擔心他們。我不是告訴過你們嗎？那是我的島國。

——《勇敢的心》

一、關於fighting，你應該知道的用法有

adj.

1.戰鬥的，作戰用的，適於格鬥的 combating, utilized for fight

All of us must be activists, if we are to give this world a fighting chance.

如果我們想給這個世界一個戰鬥的機會，我們所有人都要做社會活動家。

2.好戰的 combative, battling, warring, brawling

He strutted about the street like a gaudy fighting cock.

他在街上大搖大擺地走，像一隻絢麗好鬥的公雞。

n.

3.戰鬥，搏鬥 combat, struggle

Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.

經過兩星期的平靜以後，地面戰鬥又突然爆發了。

二、下面我們來學習一下含有fighting的常見短語

fighting cock

好鬥的公雞； 愛鬧事、好吵架的人

三、接下來，做個填詞遊戲吧

They were             in order to preserve their independence.

他們爲了維護他們的獨立而鬥爭。