| 单词 | war of detail |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswar of detail b. Military. in detail: by the engagement of small portions of an army or force one after another. war of detail, a war carried on after this fashion, instead of by general engagements. (Often figurative.) ΚΠ 1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 1 Their war has been one of detail, not of principle. 1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. 85 Pursuing a war of detail instead of acting on some uniform scheme. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 2 Being without union, [it] is also without strength, and has been beaten in detail. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 116 Without concert..without a leader they would be destroyed in detail. 1886 G. T. Stokes Ireland & Celtic Church 293 He [Brian Boru] defeated his enemies in detail. < as lemmas |
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