Word · Frequency #304
wars
战争；交战；作战
wars is the plural of war.
Armed conflict between countries or groups, or an individual instance of it.
- 1.
Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.
国家之间或民族、种族或其他大型群体之间有组织的大规模武装冲突,通常但不总是涉及军事力量的积极参与。
- 2.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
对敌发动武装冲突
- 3.
A particular conflict of this kind.
这种特定的冲突。
- 4.
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
战争状态(宣战开始,正式结束,适用国际战争规则)
- 5.
Any protracted conflict, particularly
任何长期冲突,尤其是
- 6.
an active struggle between competing entities
竞争实体之间的斗争
- 7.
Any of a family of card games where all cards are dealt at the beginning of play and players attempt to capture them all, typically involving no skill and only serving to kill time.
一种纸牌游戏,所有牌在游戏开始时发出,玩家试图全部赢得,通常不涉及技巧,仅用于消磨时间。
长期斗争；激烈较量；战争状态；“战争”牌戏；比大小的扑克牌游戏；国家之间或民族、种族或其他大型群体之间有组织的大规模武装冲突,通常但不总是涉及军事力量的积极参与。；对敌发动武装冲突
In use
Many families fled the city when the war began.
The two countries signed a peace treaty after years of war.
He wrote a book about the effects of war on ordinary people.
thousands of people were killed in the war
war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
a price war
a war of wits
Connections
Collocations
- declare war
- 宣战
- The country declared war on its neighbor.该国对其邻国宣战。
- go to war
- 开战
- They went to war over the disputed territory.他们因争议领土而开战。
- civil war
- 内战
- The civil war lasted for years.内战持续了多年。
- world war
- 世界大战
- World War II ended in 1945.第二次世界大战于1945年结束。
- war crimes
- 战争罪行
- The general was tried for war crimes.将军因战争罪行受审。
- cold war
- 冷战
Learner notes
Memory Tip
对比单词warn（警告），去掉n就是war（战争），提醒战争需要警惕。
Context & Register
语域：中性。典型使用环境：军事冲突、国际关系、新闻报道。注：通常指国家间或大规模武装冲突，也可用于比喻斗争，但此处选择主要义项。
Grammar Note
作为抽象概念时不可数，指具体战争时可数。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with 'war': or, for, more, door, store. Note: 'far' looks similar but is pronounced with /ɑː/ not /ɔː/.
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。
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