fighting
US: /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/
UK: /fˈaɪtɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
fighting /'faitiɳ/- danh từ
- sự chiến đấu, sự đánh nhau
- cuộc chiến đấu, cuộc đấu tranh, cuộc đánh nhau
- tính từ
- chiến đấu, đấu tranh, đánh nhau
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 contend (with), battle, conflict (with), encounter, war (against), engage, clash, take up arms (against), feud (with), combat, bear or take up arms (against), brawl, struggle or strive (with or against), cross swords (with), close (with), come to or exchange blows (with), go to or wage war (with or against), joust (with), grapple or wrestle (with), skirmish (with), tussle or scuffle (with or against); box, spar; Old-fashioned broil:
He offered to fight anyone in the place. Why are the boys always fighting?
2 dispute, question, confront, contest, oppose, contradict, defy, confute, protest, resist, rail or struggle, against, withstand, refute, oppugn, make or take a stand against, contravene, confound:
He has sworn to fight prejudice wherever he finds it.
3 rise up, make or take a stand, struggle, take up arms:
It is better to fight for the good than to rail at the ill.
4 argue, dispute, bicker, quarrel, wrangle, squabble, spat, tiff, fall out (over), have words, disagree, row, altercate, debate:
I hear the neighbours fight every night.
5 fight off. repel, repulse:
Prepare to fight off anyone trying to come over the side!
6 fight shy of. avoid, keep or remain aloof from or of, keep away from:
She usually fights shy of going to cocktail parties.
n.
7 battle, conflict, bout, duel, (single) combat, monomachy, one-on-one, action, warfare, clash, hostilities, war, match, struggle, engagement, meeting, encounter, contest, fighting, brawl, Donnybrook, affray, fray, fracas, disturbance, riot, row, mêlée or melee, tussle, scuffle, scrimmage, skirmish, brush, Colloq free-for-all, set-to, scrap, Brit scrum, bovver, Slang US rumble, Old-fashioned broil:
Three policeman were injured in the hour-long fight.
8 altercation, argument, quarrel, feud, dispute, run-in, disagreement, dissension, dissidence, dissent, difference (of opinion), squabble, bickering, spat, misunderstanding, row, discord, Colloq ruckus:
Such fights between husband and wife happen all the time.
9 pugnacity, mettle, militancy, belligerence, truculence, spirit, pluck, zeal, enthusiasm, zest:
She had enough fight left in her to go on to win.
Collocation
ADJ.
bitter, fierce, hard, heavy, intense, serious | continued/continuing | fresh, renewed | spasmodic, sporadic | hand-to-hand
The sword and mace were favourite weapons for hand-to-hand fighting.
| street
VERB + FIGHTING
end, halt, stop
holding talks designed to end the fighting
| take part in
The conspirators took no part in the fighting which ensued.
| be killed in, die in | escape, flee
refugees fleeing the fighting
FIGHTING + VERB
take place | begin, break out, erupt, flare, start
Fierce fighting broke out among the refugees.
| ensue, follow | continue | rage
For nearly two months the fighting raged.
| intensify | die away/down, diminish
Even if the fighting dies down, no answer is in sight to the political crisis.
| stop | resume
PREP.
during/in the ~
He was badly wounded during the fighting.
| ~ between
There has been renewed fighting between the government forces and the rebels.
PHRASES
a lull in the fighting
Concise dictionary
fought|fights|fightingfaɪtnoun
+the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
+an intense verbal dispute
+a boxing or wrestling match
+a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
+an aggressive willingness to compete
verb
+be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
+fight against or resist strongly
+make a strenuous or labored effort
+exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
