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

• The date of the document can be deduced from references to the Civil War
  这份文件的日期可以从其中多次提到内战之处进行推断。
• These demands are helping to stoke fears of civil war.
  这些要求助长了人们对内战的恐惧。
• Civil war could come if the country breaks up
  如果国家分裂就会爆发内战。
• He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment.
  他暗示说内战是上天的惩罚。
• 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。
• We cannot take sides in a civil war
  内战中我们不能支持任何一方。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。