war
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noun
〖具体例では可算〗 «…との/…の間の» 戦争, 戦争状態; 戦時(↔ peace; → battle) «with, on, against/between» e.g. Japan declared war on Germany
e.g. the two countries had been at war for six years.
e.g. after the war, they immigrated to America.
(権力･支配･勢力などをめぐる)争い, 戦争 (!通例修飾語を伴って)
e.g. she was at war with her parents
e.g. a price war among discount retailers.
«…に対する» (長期にわたる組織的な)闘い, 争い «on, against»
e.g. the authorities are waging war against all forms of smuggling
e.g. a war on drugs.
｟文｠ «…と/…のため» 戦争する, 戦う «with, against/for» .
e.g. small states warred against each other
【病気などと】激しく闘う «against, on» .
e.g. figurative : conflicting emotions warred within her.
PHRASES
declare, begin, or see active service in a war:
e.g. of the four brothers who went to war, only Thomas survived.
archaic serve as a soldier:
e.g. I did all I could to dissuade him from going to the wars.
|ˈwôr ˌkloudz| a threatening situation of instability in international relations:
e.g. the war clouds were looming.
a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions.
a prolonged debate conducted by means of the spoken or printed word:
e.g. the political war of words over tax.
a war, especially World War I, regarded as making subsequent wars unnecessary.
ORIGIN