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词汇 running battle
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Definition of running battle in English:

running battle

nounˌrʌnɪŋ ˈbat(ə)lˌrənɪŋ ˈbædl
  • 1A military engagement which does not occur at a fixed location.

    流动作战

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The running battle up the Channel was inconclusive (two Spanish ships lost through accident) and only the English fireship attack on the Armada's anchorage off Calais broke the stalemate.
    • They fought a running battle in Haifa Street.
    • His ‘Mahdi army’ fought running battles with the British Army in Basra and in the Maysan province.
    • Troops fought running battles with Iraqi forces on roads leading to Baghdad.
    • This set the pattern for the entire mission with a series of fierce running battles, day and night, against conventional forces and specially trained counter-SF troops.
    1. 1.1 A confrontation which has gone on for a long time.
      连续作战
      Example sentencesExamples
      • What it certainly did was to set off a series of running battles and feuds that brought the project to a practical standstill for the next nine months.
      • ‘We had a running battle with the Globe,’ complains the Flynn manager.
      • He had a running battle with the editor of the Vanuatu Trading Post, the country's only non-government news source.
      • More generally, the securities and insurance industries have fought a running battle, one weapon being litigation, against the expansion of banks into these areas.
      • The lawsuit is the latest salvo in a long running battle against farm pollution in California's Central Valley.

Definition of running battle in US English:

running battle

nounˌrənɪŋ ˈbædlˌrəniNG ˈbadl
  • 1A military engagement which does not occur at a fixed location.

    流动作战

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Troops fought running battles with Iraqi forces on roads leading to Baghdad.
    • The running battle up the Channel was inconclusive (two Spanish ships lost through accident) and only the English fireship attack on the Armada's anchorage off Calais broke the stalemate.
    • They fought a running battle in Haifa Street.
    • His ‘Mahdi army’ fought running battles with the British Army in Basra and in the Maysan province.
    • This set the pattern for the entire mission with a series of fierce running battles, day and night, against conventional forces and specially trained counter-SF troops.
    1. 1.1 A confrontation which has gone on for a long time.
      连续作战
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘We had a running battle with the Globe,’ complains the Flynn manager.
      • More generally, the securities and insurance industries have fought a running battle, one weapon being litigation, against the expansion of banks into these areas.
      • He had a running battle with the editor of the Vanuatu Trading Post, the country's only non-government news source.
      • The lawsuit is the latest salvo in a long running battle against farm pollution in California's Central Valley.
      • What it certainly did was to set off a series of running battles and feuds that brought the project to a practical standstill for the next nine months.
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