civil war

英 [ˌsɪvl ˈwɔː(r)]

美 [ˌsɪvl ˈwɔːr]

n.  内战; 美国内战，美国南北战争(1861–1865)

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牛津词典

noun

• 内战
  a war between groups of people in the same country
  1. the Spanish Civil War
     西班牙内战
  2. 30 years of bitter civil war
     30年惨烈的内战
• 美国内战，美国南北战争（1861–1865）
  the war fought in the US between the northern and the southern states in the years 1861 to 1865

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 内战
  Acivil waris a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.
  1. ...the Spanish Civil War.
     西班牙内战

英英释义

noun

• a war between factions in the same country

双语例句

• Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war
  共和国之间紧张的种族关系可能会引发内战。
• They have a real fear that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war
  他们十分害怕自己会在持续的内战中被彻底消灭。
• The years of civil war have dehumanized all of us.
  连年内战剥夺了我们所有人的人性。
• Civil war in the Sudan has been grinding on for nine years.
  苏丹内战已经持续了9年之久。
• The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday
  昨天，内战夺去了一位联合国译员的生命。
• Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.
  民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。
• The country had witnessed scenes of tumult not far removed from civil war
  这个国家经历了无异于内战的动乱局势。
• Civil war and famine sent the nation plunging into anarchy.
  内战和饥荒使该国陷入了无政府状态。
• The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.
  内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。
• His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fled the civil war.
  他的教堂成为成千上万逃离内战的人们的避难所。