Word · Frequency #304
war
作战；打仗；进行战争
To engage in armed conflict; to fight a war.
常与 with 连用，表示与某人或某方作战。
- 1.
To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
参与冲突(可跟随“与”指定敌人)。
- 2.
To carry on, as a contest; to wage.
进行,如比赛；发动。
进行；展开（竞赛、斗争等）；参与冲突(可跟随“与”指定敌人)。；进行,如比赛；发动。；进行战争；作战
In use
The two tribes warred over the fertile valley for decades.
The government is warring with rebel groups in the northern provinces.
The two companies have warred for years over the right to use this technology.
Verb forms
base war · third person wars · -ing warring · past warred · past participle warred
规则动词：war的过去式和过去分词需双写r加ed。
Connections
Collocations
- war with
- 与…交战
- The two tribes warred with each other for decades.这两个部落相互交战了几十年。
- war against
- 对…作战；抗击…
- They warred against the invaders for years.他们与入侵者作战多年。
- warring factions
- 交战派系
- The warring factions finally agreed to a ceasefire.交战派系最终同意停火。
- war over
- 为…而战
- The nations warred over the disputed territory.这些国家为有争议的领土而战。
Idioms & figurative uses
- war of words
- 口舌之争；舌战The two politicians engaged in a public war of words over the new policy.两位政治家就新政策展开了一场公开的舌战。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 war 的三个字母想象成列队士兵，字母之间正在“打仗”，war 就是作战、进行战争。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary narrative、rhetorical metaphor 动词 war 通常用于正式书面语或文学、修辞性表达，比较常见于 warring nations、war against poverty 这类说法；日常口语中较少单独使用，更常说 fight 或 be at war。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 war /wɔr/ 同韵（美式发音）的词：door、floor、more、store、sore 都以 /ɔr/ 结尾。注意拼写相似的词：bar（以及 car、far）虽然也是 -ar 结尾，但读 /ɑr/，与 war 不同韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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