单词 | to fight up against |
释义 | > as lemmasto fight up against b. to fight up against: to struggle against (something of overwhelming power). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > strive against to stand with ——OE warc1230 contrast1489 gainstrive1549 oppugn1591 warsle1606 combat1627 stickle1627 reluctate1668 antagonize1742 to fight up against1768 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 54 The Marquis..had fought up against his condition with great firmness. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1847) II. 142 I soon felt that human nature itself fought up against this wilful resignation of intellect. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. vii. v. 338 Lumley..fought up against his own sensations. < as lemmas |
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