battlefield
/ˈbætlfiːld/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbætlfiːld/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfēld/ (ame, mw)
battlefield — 名詞
1. an open area of land where soldiers from opposing armies meet to fight, either d
戰場
兩軍交戰或曾交戰的場地
an open area of land where soldiers from opposing armies meet to fight, either during an active war or on ground that saw fighting many years ago.
Tourists walk slowly across the old battlefield at Gettysburg every summer.
每年夏天，遊客都會緩步走過蓋茲堡的古戰場。
preposition: across the battlefield
Ines served as a medic and treated wounded soldiers on the battlefield for two years.
Ines 擔任軍醫，在戰場上照顧傷兵長達兩年。
fixed phrase: on the battlefield
The general studied maps before sending his troops onto the battlefield at dawn.
將軍研究地圖之後，才在天亮時派部隊上戰場。
Farmers near Verdun still dig up helmets and bullets from a battlefield of the First World War.
凡爾登附近的農夫至今仍會從第一次世界大戰的戰場挖出鋼盔和子彈。
Captain Reyes carried his wounded friend off the battlefield near Fallujah at sunset.
傍晚時分，Captain Reyes 將負傷的好友從費盧傑附近的戰場上揹了下來。
- battleground
near-identical; slightly more common in American English
- front line
the most forward edge where fighting actually happens, not the whole area
- theater of war
formal; covers a much wider region than a single battlefield
文法句型
on the battlefield
battlefield of [war/conflict]
用法筆記
Frequently appears in the fixed prepositional phrase 'on the battlefield' to describe what soldiers do or experience during combat. Often modified by a war name (the battlefield of Waterloo, Civil War battlefields).
常見錯誤
2. a topic, situation, or area of public life — for example abortion law, school cu
爭論焦點
雙方激烈對立、互不相讓的議題或場域
a topic, situation, or area of public life — for example abortion law, school curriculums, or a company boardroom — where two sides argue passionately and refuse to give in.
Immigration policy has become the main battlefield in this year's election.
移民政策已成為今年選舉的主要爭論焦點。
figurative: political battlefield
The school library turned into a battlefield when parents disagreed about which books to remove.
當家長為了該下架哪些書籍意見分歧時，學校圖書館變成了角力場。
metaphor: turn into a battlefield
Social media is a daily battlefield for activists fighting over climate policy.
對於為氣候政策發聲的倡議者來說，社群媒體是每天必爭的戰場。
The courtroom became a battlefield as the two companies fought over patent rights.
兩家公司爭奪專利權時，法庭也成了角力場。
- flashpoint
the specific moment or issue likely to start a conflict, narrower than battlefield
- minefield
stresses hidden dangers and easy mistakes, not open argument
- arena
neutral; any space for public debate, with or without strong disagreement
- common ground
an area of shared agreement instead of fierce dispute
文法句型
a battlefield for [people/groups]
political/legal/cultural battlefield
用法筆記
Always figurative in this sense — paired with abstract nouns (policy, ideas, rights, opinion) rather than physical places. Distinguish from sense 1 by the absence of any actual military combat: nothing is being shot, only argued.