warfare

英 [ˈwɔːfeə(r)]

美 [ˈwɔːrfer]

n.  战; 作战; 战争; (群体、公司等之间的)斗争，竞争，冲突

CET6考研TOEFLTEM8法律

Collins.2 / BNC.6384 / COCA.5066

牛津词典

noun

• 战；作战；战争
  the activity of fighting a war, especially using particular weapons or methods
  1. air/naval/guerrilla, etc. warfare
     空战、海战、游击战等
  2. countries engaged in warfare
     参战国
• （群体、公司等之间的）斗争，竞争，冲突
  the activity of competing in an aggressive way with another group, company, etc.
  1. class/gang warfare
     阶级 / 帮派斗争
  2. The debate soon degenerated into open warfare.
     争论很快恶化，演变成了公开的论战。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 作战;战争
  Warfareis the activity of fighting a war.
  1. ...the threat of chemical warfare.
     化学战的威胁
• N-UNCOUNT 打架;冲突;斗争
  Warfareis sometimes used to refer to any violent struggle or conflict.
  1. Much of the violence is related to drugs and gang warfare...
     大多数暴力事件都与吸毒和群殴有关。
  2. At times party rivalries have broken out into open warfare.
     政党间的矛盾有时爆发为公开的冲突。

英英释义

noun

• the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
  1. thousands of people were killed in the war
  Synonym:war
• an active struggle between competing entities
  1. a price war
  2. a war of wits
  3. diplomatic warfare
  Synonym:war

双语例句

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.
  他向听众讲了有关核战争问题。
• ( of power and warfare and weaponry) not nuclear.
  （指能量、战争和武器）不是核子的。
• This is very obviously a psychological warfare.
  这很显然是一个心理战。
• Airplanes have transformed warfare.
  飞机改变了战争的性质。
• The signal is clear: the cyber warfare is no science fiction anymore.
  演习发出了一个明显的信号：网络战不再是科幻小说了。
• In the old society, owing to cruel exploitation and succesive years of tangled warfare among warloads, the labouring people led a vagrant life.
  在旧社会，残酷的剥削和连年不断的军阀混战，使劳动人民过着颠沛流离的生活。
• Most of these changes were accompanied by warfare and bloodshed.
  这些变化的发生大多伴随着战争和流血。
• These clashes could develop into open warfare
  这些冲突可能会发展成为公开的战争。
• Diplomacy becomes trench warfare.
  外交变成了壕沟战。
• This is the strategic task of guerrilla warfare.
  这就是游击战争的战略任务。