奮鬥不息:fighting的用法和辨析詳解
-It's true. The English ships are moving up from the south. I don't know about the Welsh yet, but the Irish have landed. I had to see it with me own eyes before I could believe it.
-What the hell are the Irish doing fighting with the English?
-I wouldn't worry about them. Didn't I tell you before, it's my island.
——Braveheart
-是真的!英格蘭的運兵船從南邊開過來了!威爾士那邊的情況我還不知道,不過愛爾蘭軍隊已經登陸了!真是不敢相信!
-愛爾蘭人爲什麼他媽的要替英格蘭人賣命呢?
-不用擔心他們。我不是告訴過你們嗎?那是我的島國。
——《勇敢的心》
一、關於fighting,你應該知道的用法有
adj.
1.戰鬥的,作戰用的,適於格鬥的 combating, utilized for fight
All of us must be activists, if we are to give this world a fighting chance.
如果我們想給這個世界一個戰鬥的機會,我們所有人都要做社會活動家。
2.好戰的 combative, battling, warring, brawling
He strutted about the street like a gaudy fighting cock.
他在街上大搖大擺地走,像一隻絢麗好鬥的公雞。
n.
3.戰鬥,搏鬥 combat, struggle
Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.
經過兩星期的平靜以後,地面戰鬥又突然爆發了。
二、下面我們來學習一下含有fighting的常見短語
fighting cock
好鬥的公雞; 愛鬧事、好吵架的人
三、接下來,做個填詞遊戲吧
They were in order to preserve their independence.
他們爲了維護他們的獨立而鬥爭。