warfare意思

1. 斗争；竞争；冲突；搏斗
2. 战争；作战；交战；武装冲突
3. 战争状态
4. 军事行为

1. 发动战争，参与战争

1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy;

   "thousands of people were killed in the war"
   

2. an active struggle between competing entities;

   "a price war"
   "a war of wits"
   "diplomatic warfare"
   

1.作战;战争
Warfare is the activity of fighting a war.

e.g. ...the threat of chemicalwarfare.
化学战的威胁

2.打架;冲突;斗争
Warfare is sometimes used to refer to any violent struggle or conflict.

e.g. Much of the violence is related to drugs and gangwarfare...
大多数暴力事件都与吸毒和群殴有关。
e.g. At times party rivalries have broken out into openwarfare.
政党间的矛盾有时爆发为公开的冲突。

1. Celerity is the soul of warfare.
   兵贵神速。
2. He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.
   他向听众讲了有关核战争问题。
3. A regional conflict would erupt into violent warfare.
   地区性冲突会演变成一场大战。

• Up to 12,000 troops..trained in desert warfare.

  出自：Newsweek

battle，war，campaign，struggle，warfare，fight，combat，engagement

这些名词均有“战斗，战争”之意。

battle侧重指战争中的一次较全面、时间较长的战斗，也指陆军或海军在某一特定地区进行的战斗，或个人之间的争斗。

war是战争的总称，一般指包括多个战役的大规模战争。

campaign通常指在一场大的战争中在某一地区进行的一连串有既定目的的军事行动。也可作引申用。

struggle指激烈或时间持续长的战斗或奋力斗争。

warfare侧重指战争状态或具体的作战方法。

fight最普通用词，含义广，指战斗、斗争或打斗。

combat泛指军事行动，尤指小规模的战斗，甚至是格斗。

engagement指交战，交火。