warfare

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n. 战争, 战斗, 交战, 斗争, 竞争 [法] 战事, 作战, 交战

发音

US /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/
UK /ˈwɔːfɛə/

词形变化

warfares 复数 warfares warfared warfares 三单 warfaring warfaring 现在分词 warfared 过去式 warfared 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

战争;冲突

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.

    战争

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

    斗争

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

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词源

From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).

来源:wiktionary