英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 與…作戰;與…鬥爭[搏鬥]

   battle one's way.

   奮力向前;力闖…;(從人群中)擠過去.



2. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 戰鬥(作戰),戰鬥

3. 2. 與敵人、波濤等搏鬥

4. 3. 為自由[權利]而鬥爭

5. 4. [澳] (做臨時工作等)想辦法過日子



6. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. (在特定地區組織的)戰役,戰鬥,會戰

   a close [decisive] battle

   近[決]戰

   a losing battle

   敗仗(　成句)

   a running battle

   持久戰

   a naval battle

   海戰

   a field of battle

   戰場

   a line of battle

   戰線

   a general's [soldier's] battle

   戰略和戰術[勇氣和武力]的較量

   the order of battle

   戰鬥序列

   accept battle

   應戰

   do [give, join] battle

   交[作,參]戰

   engage in battle

   交戰 ,攻擊

   fall [be killed] in battle

   陣亡

   fight a battle

   交戰

   gain [lose] a battle

   戰勝[敗]

   a trial by battle

   昔時以決鬥決定是非的裁斷.

7. 2. (普通)戰爭,鬥爭

   a battle against drug

   反吸毒

   a battle for existence

   生存競爭

   the battle of life

   為生存的鬥爭

   the battle of words

   論戰.

8. 3. 勝利,成功

   The battle is (not always) to the rich.

   成功[並不一定]屬於富人.

柯林斯英英辭典

n

1. a fight between large armed forces; military or naval engagement; combat

2. conflict; contention; struggle

his battle for recognition

vb

1. [when intr, often foll by against, for, or with] to fight in or as if in military combat; contend (with)

she battled against cancer

2. to struggle in order to achieve something or arrive somewhere

he battled through the crowd

vi.

1. [intr] [Austral] to scrape a living, esp by doing odd jobs

2. [Etymology] C13: from Old French bataile, from Late Latin battalia exercises performed by soldiers, from battuere to beat