Phrase
fighting back
verb
反击；还手
fighting back is the present participle of fight back.
To defend oneself by fighting.
- 1.
To defend oneself by fighting.
通过战斗自卫
- 2.
to repress; to struggle to repress.
压抑；努力压制
- 3.
To overturn a losing deficit.
扭转不利局面
忍住；抑制；逆转；翻盘；通过战斗自卫；压抑；努力压制；扭转不利局面
In use
When the bully tried to hit him, he decided to fight back.
The government is urging citizens to fight back against cyber attacks.
She fought back tears as she gave the speech.
fight back
When attacked, you must fight back.
受到攻击时，你必须还击。
fight back against sb/sth
后接against引出反击对象。
The rebels fought back against the government forces.
叛乱分子向政府军进行了反击。
Common mistakes
He fought back the enemy.He fought back against the enemy.
“fight back”是不及物动词短语，不能直接跟宾语，需要加介词“against”才能接抵抗的对象。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- fights back
- third person singular
- fought back
- past, past participle
- fighting back
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
通常作不及物动词，后接 against 引出所抵抗的对象；也可作及物动词，如 fight back tears。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.