battlefront
battlefront — 名詞
1. the area of a war where two armies meet and fight each other directly, often for
前線;戰線
兩軍實際交火的最前方地帶
the area of a war where two armies meet and fight each other directly, often forming a long line that stretches across land.
Sergeant Reyes spent six months on the eastern battlefront before being sent home.
Reyes 中士在東線前線待了六個月才被調回國。
preposition: on the battlefront
Fresh troops were rushed to the battlefront after heavy losses overnight.
經過一夜慘重傷亡後,新的部隊被緊急派往前線。
passive + 'to the battlefront' as destination
The battlefront stretched for nearly two hundred miles along the river.
戰線沿著河岸延伸了將近兩百英里。
subject role: physical extent of the front
Reporters at the battlefront described thick smoke and the constant sound of gunfire.
在前線的記者描述了濃煙和持續不斷的槍砲聲。
preposition: at the battlefront
Heavy rain made it almost impossible to move supplies up to the battlefront.
大雨幾乎讓物資無法運上前線。
common collocate: move/bring supplies to the battlefront
- on the battlefront
- at the battlefront
- send troops to the battlefront
- return from the battlefront
- along the battlefront
- front line
very common everyday equivalent; can also be figurative ('front-line workers')
- front
shorter, often with a name attached: 'the Western Front'
- combat zone
any area where fighting happens, not necessarily a continuous line
- rear
the area behind the fighting where supplies and command are based
- home front
civilians and activity inside one's own country during wartime
文法句型
on the battlefront
at the battlefront
用法筆記
Subject or location is usually a unit, soldier, journalist, or supplies. Often appears with directional prepositions (to/from/along/across the battlefront) because the front is conceived as a line stretching through space.
常見錯誤
同根字
- battle名詞B1
- battle動詞B2
- battlefield名詞B2
- battleground名詞C1
- front名詞A2
- front line名詞B2