| 单词 | private war |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate war private war n. a war fought by a restricted number of participants from personal or private motives; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other types of war just war1485 private war1548 preventive wara1626 angelomachy1635 Titanomachy1739 mountain warfarec1800 border-war1809 world war1848 theomachy1858 trench warfare1887 electronic warfare1946 asymmetric conflict1975 cyberwar1992 asymmetrical warfare1995 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lvii He more detested & abhorred intestine and priuate warre, then death or any thynge more terrible. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 197 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The English Lords and Gentlemen, who then had great possessions in Ireland, began thorough pride and insolency, to make private warres one against another. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Treve de Dieu The Disorders and Licences of private Wars..oblig'd the Bishops of France to forbid such Violences within certain Times. 1866 C. M. Yonge Dove in Eagle's Nest I. p. vi An offended nobleman, having sent a Fehdebrief to his adversary, was thenceforward at liberty to revenge himself by a private war. 1974 ‘G. Black’ Golden Cockatrice xi. 194 A killing that was one incident in the continuing private war the Russians and the Chinese have been waging against each other. 1987 ‘J. Gash’ Moonspender (1988) vii. 76 I don't believe that you..suddenly decide to recruit him in your private war with a load of moonspenders. < as lemmas |
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