1. 1戰場;(引申)爭論或競爭的焦點

    A battleground is the actual place where a battle or fight happens, whether a real, historical war battle ('the battleground at Gettysburg') or, more commonly today, used figuratively for any place or topic where there is a serious disagreement or competition — 'the classroom became a battleground' or 'climate policy is a political battleground.'

core核心畫面

組成battle + ground (the land or place where something happens).

同家族的字

  • battlefielda close synonym, formed the same way with 'battle' plus a word for land

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

battlegroundnoun/ˈbætəlˌɡɹaʊnd/

  • 1

    A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.

    • The farmer's field was a civil war battleground, and relics such a minnie bullets were frequently found while plowing.
  • 2

    Any place or situation of dispute or contention.

    • And now the two of them are lost in a screaming battleground
  • 3

    Any subject of dispute or contention.

    • Abortion was becoming the season's big political battleground.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • battleground state

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