| 单词 | combat |
| 释义 | combat Word forms: combats, combating , combatting , combated , combatted pronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (kɒmbæt ). The verb is pronounced (kəmbæt ). 1. uncountable noun Combat is fighting that takes place in a war. Over 16 million men had died in combat. Yesterday saw hand-to-hand combat in the city. ...combat aircraft. Synonyms: fight, war, action, battle 2. countable noun A combat is a battle, or a fight between two people. It was the end of a long combat. 3. verb If people in authority combat something, they try to stop it happening. Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime. [VERB noun] Synonyms: fight, battle against, oppose, contest Collocations: combat a problem Should we have soldiers on our streets to combat the problem? The Sun She said that some buildings were being allowed to replace stolen lead with stainless steel or plastic alternatives in a bid to combat the problem. Times, Sunday Times An all-party parliamentary inquiry report published today calls for action from the government, police and prosecutors to combat the problem. Times, Sunday Times She called for an official marine litter strategy to combat the problem. Times, Sunday Times It was set up to help combat the problem of uninsured drivers. Times, Sunday Times The city's efforts to combat the virus are being hampered by an ineffective test and trace system that has only reached half of all contacts. Times,Sunday Times Museums and schools are closed as the government tries to combat the virus - while being accused of playing down the risks. Times,Sunday Times He coordinated and distributed supplies to combat the virus when it hit. Times, Sunday Times He said that the country could combat the virus more effectively without having to re-enter the stringent lockdowns of the initial stage of the pandemic. Times,Sunday Times Ministers risk losing public co-operation for drastic measures to combat the virus unless their approach changes, a leading behavioural scientist has said. Times,Sunday Times The vulnerability of the country's healthcare workers to infection has stymied efforts to combat the epidemic. Times,Sunday Times He organized detachments of armed highway patrolmen and assigned them to the principal highways to combat an epidemic of robbery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since 1997, the government has been significantly more proactive in combating the epidemic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A growing number of fraud and bribery trials now take place in private, hampering efforts to combat corruption, a report has concluded. Times, Sunday Times At that time it was tasked to give systematic analysis and to develop measures to combat corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government took some steps to combat corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two-third of citizens believe that the government's efforts to combat corruption are ineffective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To combat corruption and exploitation at all levels, and by all means. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He described their strategy to combat crime as ludicrous. Times, Sunday Times Is it a gimmick or a powerful tool for people trying to stay safe and combat crime? Times, Sunday Times There have also been intellectual developments helping police to determine how best to combat crime. Times, Sunday Times He stayed on four hours after his shift finished to combat crime. The Sun If we cannot fix education and family life, can we combat crime? ST From these studies, he developed his theory that non-violence was the most effective way to combat discrimination. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lesser improvements were made in combating discrimination in private employment, housing, education, and law enforcement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He focused on refugee protection, advancing a rights-based approach to national security and combating discrimination. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has to be more than maximising shareholder value, customer satisfaction, or, in the case of the forces, combat effectiveness. Times, Sunday Times Yet, on operations, multinationality at this level has been shown to undermine combat effectiveness, increase risks and complicate strategy. Times, Sunday Times Choke points reduce a force's combat effectiveness by limiting its movement. Times, Sunday Times The training emphasizes physical fitness and combat effectiveness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The combat effectiveness of his army was thus greatly enhanced. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 28-year-old put his life on the line as a combat engineer and thought his time in the football spotlight would never come. The Sun They will be backed by combat engineer battalions, helicopters with advance surveillance technology, transport aircraft and military police units. Times, Sunday Times Cavalry was reduced, artillery and signals commands were formed, and combat engineer support was expanded to a full pioneer battalion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Graduating in 1831, 49th in a class of 113, he chose to become a combat engineer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each mechanized brigade group contains three infantry battalions, an armoured regiment, an artillery regiment, and a combat engineer regiment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite her lack of combat experience she was desperate to fight and secretly joined a night-time raid. Times, Sunday Times His views were always given weight by his wide combat experience and command in war. Times, Sunday Times Now these guys have training with combat experience. Times, Sunday Times Hearing his combat experience, it made sense. Christianity Today Stark, an experienced woodsman and fighting commander, had been passed over by someone with no combat experience and apparently no will to fight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nearly half of our 9,000 troops will return within the next 12 months, with all combat forces home by the end of 2014. The Sun But sending more combat forces will only strengthen his misconceptions about why we are here ... Times, Sunday Times His own preference was to remove 3,000-5,000 troops initially, none of them combat forces. Times, Sunday Times Combat forces with a higher mobility are able to move more quickly, and/or across more hostile terrain, than forces with lower mobility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mission became that of controlling the combat skies from enemy use and to reinforce the combat forces on the ground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some large aircraft and many combat helicopters make use of so-called hot brick infra-red jammers, typically mounted near the engines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The army could field 4,500 tanks, 484 combat aircraft and 232 combat helicopters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The movie featured elaborate aerial stunt sequences, involving combat helicopters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do they raise interest rates to combat inflation, knowing that this will aggravate unemployment and possibly trigger a double-dip recession? Times, Sunday Times The central bank's commitment to raising interest rates to combat inflation offered a promising solution - high-interest deposit accounts. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, interest rates may have to rise to combat inflation. Times, Sunday Times The government wanted flexibility, but also to combat inflation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A new gold coin, the solidus, was introduced to combat inflation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tankers will be used to refuel combat jet fighters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The player would fly a combat jet aircraft in the skies against enemy forces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And a third of its combat jets are unfit for front line service as they undergo repairs after almost 12 years on operations. The Sun Land-based combat jets have limited roles, flying mostly supporting operations on land and sea. Times, Sunday Times But you can't keep a good combat medic down, not when four million are watching. Times, Sunday Times Here, the combat medic of the unit on the ground focus on the injured soldier's airway, breathing, and circulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One of the riflemen was a fully trained combat medic and carried a medical pack. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are four careers to choose from: the commando, combat medic, engineer, and spec-op. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Though initially opposed to the idea, she gradually cottoned to it and cultivated an ambition to serve as a combat medic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Combat mission ended this year but some 500 troops are to remain in a training role. The Sun He said the money would comply with international aid spending rules and not be used for combat mission or equipment. Times, Sunday Times Combat mission mainly ended in 2009, last troops came out in 2011. The Sun On his 23rd combat mission his luck ran out. Times, Sunday Times Undaunted by an onboard fire on his first combat mission, he continued to fly his missions despite burns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of them will have seen combat operations. Times, Sunday Times The motion also rules out ground troops in combat operations. Times, Sunday Times The forces have been engaged in major combat operations since 2001. Times, Sunday Times Are combat controllers often the first to arrive to a scene of combat operations? Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We speak not only of wars, but also of armed conflicts, military engagements, combat operations, expeditions, policing actions, raids, airstrikes and shows of force. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fighter jets practise the art of low-level combat patrol. Globe and Mail She carried out only one combat patrol, but still managed to see action as a training boat in the summer of 1941. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A six-plane combat patrol was launched, two fighters being directed to investigate the contact. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At any time, he may be selected to lead tired, hungry, physically expended students to accomplish yet another combat patrol mission. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The combat patrol pack can also be used in conjunction with the field pack. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Exemptions have come under attack on grounds of fairness, and also because of a perceived shortage of combat personnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It conducts helicopter air-to-air refueling, airdrop and airland of pararescue personnel and/or equipment in support of combat personnel recovery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In combat situations there can be 60 additional combat personnel, such as pilots, gunners, and other support officers, and about 8,000 ground troops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This freed the much-needed combat pilot for combat duty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was one of a handful of primary trainer designs that were the first stop on a cadet's way to becoming a combat pilot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He possessed good hand-to-hand fighting skills, and was an expert stunt-flyer and combat pilot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a combat pilot, he earned many aviation firsts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a high-speed dogfight, the tail could easily be ripped off; experienced combat pilots knew where the ragged edge of structural failure was, and they tiptoed along it. Times, Sunday Times It will focus on the need for political will, legal clarity and military capability to combat piracy. Times, Sunday Times Police dispatch posts were also built for the authorities to better combat piracy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An increased effort to combat piracy with naval forces, effectively stamped out piracy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The agreement was that each party would be responsible for combating piracy in their respective half. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They discussed potential cooperation on military technology, shipbuilding, and between their respective navies, particularly in combating piracy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The combat planes will enter service by 2035 under a timetable outlined by ministers yesterday. Times, Sunday Times There are about 10 female pilots flying combat planes, with many more taking control of other aircraft such as helicopters. Times, Sunday Times Early enemy designs included tanks, combat planes, and battleships. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In its carrier many big fighters and other combat planes are there. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was classed as a fighter field, but had few facilities and was little used by combat planes then or later. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, scepticism about the combat readiness of the vehicle appeared to be borne out yesterday. Times, Sunday Times The air force promised regular combat readiness patrols. Times, Sunday Times Since 1978, it has trained to maintain combat readiness in tactical fighter operations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With unremitting effort and determination he achieved a high standard of combat readiness and fighting efficiency throughout the task unit under his command. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In peacetime, sub-units of brigades have a mixed personnel organization, i.e. of constant combat readiness, training, and under strength. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's not a soldier in the world who doesn't utter more than a few bad words, especially under fire in a combat situation. The Sun Even in a combat situation, the conduct of these pilots appears to be suspect. Globe and Mail In a naval combat situation, the triage officer must weigh the tactical situation with supplies on hand and the realistic capacity of the medical personnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They typically have a high rate of fire and relatively low recoil, making them ideal for engaging multiple targets in a fast paced combat situation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Training in stressful conditions that mimic those of an actual combat situation builds confidence in the abilities of themselves and the squad. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, their depictions of his combat skills are nimble, whizzy spectacles. Times, Sunday Times Purists consider it gimmicky in comparison with its star's other movies, but it still has splendid demonstrations of his combat skills. Times, Sunday Times Butler, by contrast, employs excellent hand-to-hand combat skills with one-liners guaranteed to destabilise the enemy. Times, Sunday Times Three days are spent honing sniping or close quarters combat skills on the various training ranges available to the team. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Countryman uses his knowledge of the terrain and his innate combat skills to survive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 26-nation alliance has not volunteered a single extra combat soldier. Times, Sunday Times Bell admits she would quite like to ditch her more background duties and 'get on with the job' by becoming a full combat soldier in the infantry. Times, Sunday Times He also arranged for each combat soldier to carry his own personal blood supplies. Times, Sunday Times No other combat soldier had a bigger individual influence on the war. The Sun Such conditions placed great strain on the combat soldier who remained in action until he became a casualty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Evidently people are buying it to combat stress. Times, Sunday Times Think about how your family, your classroom and your community can combat stress. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also drank to combat stress and did not think public health warnings applied to them. Times, Sunday Times And chaplains should be allowed to freely offer spiritual resources for treating combat stress. Christianity Today His research focuses on treatments of combat stress disorders among veterans and military families. Christianity Today Artillery and engineers will form the combat support capability directorate. Times, Sunday Times The remaining 99 per cent work in combat support or combat service support. Times, Sunday Times When operational, the combat support hospital could provide climate and environmental control equivalent to that found in any fixed hospital. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At each base, the group was composed of a material squadron, a troop carrier squadron, a tactical hospital or dispensary, and a combat support squadron. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wing provides rapid mobility and agile combat support for military operations, and maintains expeditionary forces and infrastructure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Learning the right lessons to combat terrorism Times,Sunday Times (2019) Online travel register to combat terrorism Times, Sunday Times (2007) Measures to combat terrorism Times, Sunday Times (2007) But until then there are some great products and tools to help combat the effects of the weather and give you sleek, smooth hair. The Sun I also had sessions with a psychologist to combat the effects of post-traumatic stress from my first labour. Times, Sunday Times Police officers could be allowed to sleep on duty to improve concentration and combat the effects of fatigue and stress. Times, Sunday Times What can be done to combat the effects of chronic stress? Times, Sunday Times It's donated blood that's sold by blood banks to older people seeking transfusions that they hope may help combat the effects of ageing. Times, Sunday Times To help combat the spread of instability, concrete actions against corruption at all levels and measures to enhance local governance are vital. Times, Sunday Times But other experts caution that both technical and ethical hurdles might stymie its implementation—including in places where new tools to combat the spread of disease are needed most. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After the 1920s, its emphasis changed to combating the spread of gambling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So if quantitative easing and interest rates at or near zero are insufficient, what can governments do to combat the threat of a renewed slump? Times, Sunday Times The amazing findings confirm what doctors have long suspected - that the common painkiller can combat the threat of tumours. The Sun To combat this threat, the law needs to change if we are all to be kept safe. The Sun To combat the threat, countermeasures such as scares resembling hawks are being deployed, including recordings of the noise they make. Times, Sunday Times To combat this threat, a guild of mercenaries was formed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Company were on their third combat tour. Times, Sunday Times The standard rotation for destroyers was a few months combat tour of duty at sea, usually around five months. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What had originally been planned as a six-month deployment ended as a thirteen-month combat tour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He served two voluntary combat tours but out of harms way as a senior ground radio operator. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The brigade was a part of the controversial theater extension that increased all combat tours to 15 months. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the past 12 months, at least nine cases involving diplomats have been referred to a government scheme to combat trafficking. Times, Sunday Times Despite robust law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking, conviction rates remain low. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, government efforts to combat trafficking were limited by a lack of resources and information. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Trying to control this rapid trend many countries have formed governmental and non-governmental organizations to help combat trafficking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Regional offices of the national police conduct quarterly reviews to set goals for combating trafficking and to assess progress. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As well as singing, drama and movement classes they have language coaching and combat training. Times, Sunday Times But four are keen to get away from dawn wake-up calls, crawls through the mud and combat training. Times, Sunday Times Unarmed combat training on the chateau's three-acre lawn followed — a somewhat incongruous setting, particularly given the rather smart adjacent golf course. Times, Sunday Times They've all been through a round of combat training. Globe and Mail As well as sleeping over in a cosy two-bedroom lodge, you can take part in combat training with knights. The Sun A picture shows her with him in combat uniform. The Sun Foreign military attachés were invited in combat uniform to defence headquarters for a briefing that it was not a coup. Times, Sunday Times Typically, the same uniform served as a garrison uniform and as a combat uniform. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The standard uniform became the combat uniform with the addition of combat boots, a helmet, and field equipment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Students are conditioned daily in lap swim sessions, and their endurance and technique are tested in rescue practice training blocks that add combat uniform and gear in increments each time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 12 who carried out their threat were sentenced to a month in military prison and will be removed from their combat unit. Times, Sunday Times We met at the safe house and were in the same combat unit until three weeks ago. Times, Sunday Times After all, the embedded reporters are housed, fed and protected by the military, and they are restricted in their reporting by rules set down by combat unit commanders. Globe and Mail In order to receive a higher level combat unit, a lower level unit would have to be promoted at a specific facility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For operational tasks a battle group will be formed around a combat unit, supported by units or sub-units from other areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fish are not in a fish tank: they are in a military tank, a tracked, armored, combat vehicle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It will replace aviation and combat vehicle crewmen cold-weather clothing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The combat vehicle acts within the combat order of infantry and tanks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the early 1980s, creation of an airborne combat vehicle was initialed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Body armor and combat vehicle armor are key areas where efforts are being made to use rheopectic materials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What combat veteran doesn't feel by turns pride and exhilaration, disgust and anger? Christianity Today Since it took a good many missions to properly achieve the look, a so-called 50-mission crush cap was considered a sign of a seasoned combat veteran. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And last night the players vowed to give more to injured combat veterans. The Sun Other participants range from combat veterans to technology geeks, and a biologist expert on insect armour. Times, Sunday Times Written (and often ghostwritten) from the perspective of combat veterans, they appealed as much to audiences of action films as to readers of military histories or reportage. Times, Sunday Times He added that the troops were 'not going to be leading the fight on the ground' but working alongside local forces, and that none would engage in direct combat. Times, Sunday Times They will be used to train soldiers and air force pilots rather than take a direct combat role. The Sun Although tankettes were often used as ammunition tractors, and general infantry support, they were designed for reconnaissance, and not for direct combat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He seldom engages in direct combat but with his knowledge he takes the role of a battle strategist back at the base. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Players can traverse enemy-controlled areas using stealth or direct combat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The draft resolution set out a three-year limit to the operations and ruled out 'enduring offensive ground combat operations'. Times, Sunday Times They then become not advisers but ground combat troops. Times, Sunday Times Aerial gameplay was also changed, with the dragon now capable of ground combat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It operates massive ground combat vehicles and maintains garrisons across the galaxy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Enemy vessels may be destroyed in space, or boarded for ground combat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was no further infantry combat on the seminary grounds, but it continued to play a prominent role in the battle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These would be deployed in very deep infantry combat columns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three army infantry combat vehicles and one lorry were destroyed, and another three armoured vehicles were captured by the insurgents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are trained in infantry combat up to company sized operations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Personnel trained for infantry combat, field artillery, military police and combat support roles were now to undergo re-training to enable them to train others. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the ensuing 17 hours of intense combat, two soldiers were seriously wounded. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Scoring zones often become areas of heavy fighting, and are frequently occupied by several teams at once, all in intense combat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many were not logged or recorded due to the intense combat situations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localized to a specific area and over a specific period of time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several days of intense combat followed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In such a case the governing coalition, parliament and the president will be locked in mortal combat. Times, Sunday Times Two drawings in the exhibition (nos 3 and 6) allow us to see the mortal combat of an artist with the subject and the medium. Times, Sunday Times A huge sign depicting two rearing stallions engaged in mortal combat towers over a makeshift arena. Times, Sunday Times Or should we preserve a legion of magnificent specimens who are treated royally until they go into mortal combat, then exalted if they live? Times, Sunday Times We are engaged in mortal combat. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 战斗, 防止 Japanese: 戦闘, 戦う |
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