詞彙精選：fight的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
打架，吵架
例句：
He had had a fight with Smith and bloodied his nose.
他和史密斯打了一架，把後者的鼻子打出了血。
例句：
We think maybe he took off because he had a big fight with his dad the night before.
我們覺得他突然走掉也許是因爲頭天晚上和爸爸大吵了一架。
戰鬥
例句：
That was a fight against drug addiction.
那是一場與毒癮的鬥爭。
例句：
I too am committing myself to continue the fight for justice.
我本人也保證將繼續爲正義而戰。
拳擊賽
例句：
This was Hyer's last fight, for no one else challenged him.
這是海爾的最後一場比賽，因爲再沒有人向他發起挑戰。
例句：
The referee stopped the fight.
裁判叫停了比賽。
鬥志 [U]
例句：
I thought that we had a lot of fight in us.
我覺得我們鬥志高昂。
例句：
There's no fight left in him.
他已經毫無戰鬥力。
競賽，比賽 [C]
例句：
It's a fight for power between the two parties.
這是兩黨間的權力之爭。
例句：
The referee stopped the fight.
裁判叫停了比賽。
v.
戰鬥，鬥爭 [I,T]
例句：
I've spent a lifetime fighting against racism and prejudice.
我一輩子都在同種族主義和偏見作鬥爭。
例句：
They had to fight with a force twice their numbers.
他們必須與人數兩倍於他們的軍隊作戰。
打架，吵架 [I.T]
例句：
I did fight him, I punched him but it was like hitting a wall.
我確實和他打了起來，我揮拳向他猛擊，但就像打在牆上一樣。
例句：
She was always arguing with him and fighting with him.
她總是跟他爭辯吵嘴。
進行（訴訟、辯護等），打（官司） [T]
例句：
Watkins sued the Army and fought his case in various courts for 10 years.
沃特金斯將軍隊訴至法院，並在各級法庭打了 10 年的官司。
例句：
The newspaper is fighting a damages action brought by the actress.
這家報紙正和提起損害賠償訴訟的女演員對簿公堂。
努力闢出（一條路） [T]
例句：
I fought my way into a carriage just before the doors closed...
我剛擠進車廂，車門就關上了。
例句：
Peter fought his way through a blizzard to save one of the chickens.
彼得爲了救其中一隻雞在暴風雪中艱難前行。
參加（拳擊賽或競選等） [T]
例句：
The former party treasurer helped raise almost £40 million to fight the election campaign.
該黨的前任財政部長幫助籌集了近4,000萬英鎊用於競選。
例句：
In a few hours' time one of the world's most famous boxers will be fighting in Britain for the first time.
幾個小時後，世界最著名的拳擊手之一將開始其在英國的首場比賽。
努力剋制，竭力抑制 [I,T]
例句：
He fought to be patient with her.
他竭力耐住性子對她。
例句：
I desperately fought the urge to giggle.
我拼命地想忍住笑。
二、詞義辨析：
battle,war,campaign,struggle,warfare,fight,combat,engagement
這些名詞均有“戰鬥，戰爭”之意。battle側重指戰爭中的一次較全面、時間較長的戰鬥，也指陸軍或海軍在某一特定地區進行的戰鬥，或個人之間的爭鬥。war是戰爭的總稱，一般指包括多個戰役的大規模戰爭。campaign通常指在一場大的戰爭中在某一地區進行的一連串有既定目的的軍事行動。也可作引申用。struggle指激烈或時間持續長的戰鬥或奮力鬥爭。warfare側重指戰爭狀態或具體的作戰方法。fight最普通用詞，含義廣，指戰鬥、鬥爭或打鬥。combat泛指軍事行動，尤指小規模的戰鬥，甚至是格鬥。 engagement指交戰，交火。
三、相關短語：
fight back
反擊,擊退
fight down
鎮壓,制服,剋制,克服
fight off
擊退,驅散,趕走,竭力克服
pillow fight
n.(小孩在臨睡前在臥室內用枕頭)打鬧
proxy fight
委託競爭
四、參考例句：
Our fight will triumph.
我們的戰鬥將會贏得勝利。
We must fight against ignorance.
我們必須和無知作戰。
People fight for race equality.
人們爲了種族平等而鬥爭。
You need to fight right.
吵架要適量。
They'll continue to fight injustice.
他們將繼續與不公正的現象抗爭。
Many people died in the fight.
很多人在戰鬥中死去了。
The crusaders fight for their country.
十字軍戰士爲了祖國而戰。
They fight for the communism cause.
他們爲共產主義事業奮鬥。
That was a fight against drug addiction.
那是一場與毒癮的鬥爭。
You have to fight for your rights.
你必須爲你的權利而奮鬥。
