battleground

英 [ˈbætlgraʊnd]

美 [ˈbætəlˌgraʊnd]

n.  同 battlefield; 争论的主题; 斗争的领域

复数：battlegrounds　

高考

Collins.1 / BNC.18831 / COCA.12109

柯林斯词典

• 同battlefield
  Abattlegroundis the same as abattlefield.
• N-COUNT 争论的主题；斗争的领域
  You can refer to an issue or field of activity over which people disagree or compete as abattleground.
  1. ...the battleground of education...
     教育这一备受争议的领域
  2. Children's literature is an ideological battleground.
     儿童文学是各种意识形态交锋的战场。

英英释义

noun

• a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  1. they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
  Synonym:battlefieldfield of battlefield of honorfield

双语例句

• Asia is the world's battleground for FOSS localization.
  亚洲是世界自由／开源软件本地化的主战场。
• Intellectual property has become a battleground in the smartphone industry, with both Apple and Microsoft challenging Android phone makers such as HTC and Samsung in courts in the US, Europe and Japan.
  知识产权已成为智能手机行业的一个战场，苹果和微软（Microsoft）都在美国、欧洲和日本法院针对HTC和三星（Samsung）等Android手机制造商提起了诉讼。
• One battleground will be China.
  中国将是一大战场。
• So he wants his publication to be what he calls a battleground of ideologies.
  所以他想要这份报纸成为他所说的意识形态的战地。
• That I can't say, but there will be a Twilight Highlands Battleground called Twin Peaks.
  答：我还不能说，不过暮光高地将有一个被称为双子峰的战场。
• The battleground is your body, and the enemy is the invasion of influenza.
  战场就是人的身体，而敌人则是入侵的流感。
• Bathtime was a battleground for Rachel and her mother, because Rachel hated baths.
  对雷切尔和她母亲来说洗澡就像打仗一样，因为雷切尔讨厌洗澡。
• If you develop software, you're in a battleground and you need to learn how to defend yourself.
  如果您在开发软件，那么您就是身处战场，需要知道如何保护您自己。
• After an intensive swing through battleground states, President Obama is spending most of today at the White House.
  结束了在数个摇摆州紧凑的竞选活动，奥巴马总统今天在白宫待了一天。
• Republican Senator Mel Martinez-from the battleground state of Florida-told ABC's This Week that these are legitimate concerns.
  来自两党激烈交锋的佛罗里达州的共和党参议员马丁内斯在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中说，麦凯恩班子提出的是合理的担心。