battle
/ˈbat(ə)l/
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bat - tle -> battle
(n) တိုက်ပွဲ။ စစ်ပွဲ။ (v) အသေအလဲ ကြိုးစားသည်၊ ရင်ဆိုင်သည်။
၁။ [C, U] တိုက်ပွဲ။ စစ်ပွဲ။
a fierce battle ❍ the battle of Waterloo ❍ die in battle ❍ the noise of battle.
၂။ [C] ~ (for/against sth)
[ဥ] တိုက်ပွဲ။ စစ်ထိုးပွဲ။ a battle of words/wits ❍ the battle for human rights ❍ Their whole life was a constant battle against poverty.
v ~ (with/against sb/sth) (for sth); ~ (on) အသေအလဲ ကြိုးစားသည်၊ ရင်ဆိုင်သည်။
battling against poor health ❍ They battled with the wind and the waves. ❍ Progress is slow but we keep battling on. ❍ The doctors are battling to save his life.
❏ battle-cruiser n (ယခင်) အမြန်စားစစ်သင်္ဘောကြီး။
❏ battle-cry n (က) (ရှေး) စစ်ငြာသံ။
(ခ) (ပြိုင်ပွဲတွင်) အားပေးဟစ်ကြွေးသံ။ ကြွေးကြော်သံ။ ‘Equality for All’ is a popular political battle-cry.
❏ do battle (with sb) (over sth) [IDM ] အကြိတ်အနယ် ချသည်။ အကြိတ်အနယ်ငြင်းခုံသည်။
❏ half the battle [IDM ]
[ဥ] တိုက်ပွဲတွင် (အောင်မြင်မှု) တစ်ဝက်။ When you're sick, wanting to get well again is often half the battle.
- One of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War
- [battle of] : The Battle of Waterloo
- [in battle] : Soldiers wounded in battle
- He was wounded in a gun battle with the police.
- The couple are locked in a bitter legal battle over custody of their children.
- A boardroom battle
- [battle for] : The battle for the leadership of the Labour Party
- [a battle to do something] : Supermarkets are cutting prices in a desperate battle to win customers.
- [battle against] : She has lost her battle against breast cancer.
- [a battle to do something] : It was a daily battle to get my son to go to school.
- [fight a losing battle] : She tried to get him to go, but she knew she was fighting a losing battle.
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