conflict,contest,combat,fight,affray
These nouns denote struggle between opposing forces for victory or supremacy.
这些名词都是指两个对立势力为了取得胜利或优势而进行的争斗。
Conflict applies both to open fighting between hostile groups and to a struggle, often an inner struggle, between antithetical forces:
Conflict 用于指敌对组织的公开的战争或对立势力间的内部斗争：
“Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts.Life itself still remains a very effective therapist” (Karen Horney).
“幸运的是分析并不是解决内部冲突的唯一方法，生活本身就是一种非常好的治疗方法” （卡伦·赫尼）。
Contest can refer either to friendly competition or to a hostile struggle to achieve an objective:
Contest 可以指友好的竞争也可以指带有敌意的斗争：
an archery contest;
箭术比赛；
a spelling contest;
拼写比赛；
the gubernatorial contest.
当权者的斗争。
Combat most commonly implies an encounter between two armed persons or groups:
Combat 通常指两个人或军队之间的遭遇战：
“Alexander had appeared to him, armed for combat” (Connop Thirlwall).
“亚历山大大帝全副武装的出现在他面前” （康诺朴·塞沃尔）。
Fight usually refers to a clash, physical or figurative,involving individual adversaries:
Fight 通常指身体的或象征性的冲突，包括指个人的不幸：
A fight was scheduled between the world boxing champion and the challenger.
世界拳击冠军和挑战者之间将有一场比赛。
“There is nothing I love as much as a good fight” (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
“我最喜欢的就是一场漂亮的战争” （富兰克林·D·罗斯福）。
Affray suggests a public fight or brawl:
Affray 指一场公开的战斗或打架：
“Yet still the poachers came . . . for affrays in woods and on moors with liveried armies of keepers” (Patricia Morison).See also Synonyms at discord
“仍有侵入者…不断到树林和荒野中对身着制服的守卫军队骚扰挑衅” （帕特里夏·莫里森）参见同义词 discord
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