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

• He is currently writing a dissertation on the Somali civil war.
  他目前正在写一篇关于索马里内战的论文。
• He doubted their claim to have forsaken military solutions to the civil war
  他对他们声称已经放弃通过武力解决内战感到怀疑。
• Years of civil war have wrecked the country's infrastructure and destroyed its social fabric.
  经年内战已破坏了国家的基础设施，摧毁了其社会结构。
• For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
  20年来，这个国家一直被内战外侵所蹂躏。
• There are many who believe that civil war will be the eventual outcome of the racial tension in the country
  有很多人相信，该国种族关系的紧张最终将导致内战。
• 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。
• Civil war could come if the country breaks up
  如果国家分裂就会爆发内战。
• The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region
  那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。
• 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。
• 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。