world war

英 [ˌwɜːld ˈwɔː(r)]

美 [ˌwɜːrld ˈwɔːr]

n.  世界大战

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牛津词典

noun

• 世界大战
  a war that involves many countries

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 世界大战
  Aworld waris a war that involves countries all over the world.
  1. Many senior citizens have been through two world wars...
     很多年长的公民都经历了两次世界大战。
  2. At the end of the second world war he was working as a docker...
     第二次世界大战结束时，他是一名码头工人。
  3. There is a risk of world war.
     有爆发世界大战的危险。

英英释义

noun

• a war in which the major nations of the world are involved

双语例句

• The palace, which was damaged by bombs in World War II, still stood
  二战中遭到轰炸的那座宫殿依然矗立着。
• Thoughts inevitably flash back to 1914, when trouble in this part of the Balkans led all the way to world war.
  这难免会令人想起1914年，那年巴尔干半岛上这一地区的动荡最终引发了世界大战。
• There is a risk of world war.
  有爆发世界大战的危险。
• Japan was in alliance with Germany and Italy during the Second World War.
  第二次世界大战时，日本和德国、意大利结盟。
• His artistic character was sealed by his experiences of the First World War.
  他在第一次世界大战中的经历奠定了他的艺术风格。
• Following World War II, the first U.S. commitment to Europe came in the form of the 1947 Truman Doctrine.
  二战后，美国对欧洲作出的第一个承诺便是在1947年提出杜鲁门主义。
• Although disabled by polio during the Second World War, Proctor was also a first-rate helmsman.
  二战期间尽管身患小儿麻痹症，普罗克特仍不失为一流的舵手。
• Jack Mann was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during World War II.
  杰克·曼在第二次世界大战时期是英国皇家空军的战斗机飞行员。
• The dance hall once even had its roof blown off in World War II.
  这个舞厅的屋顶甚至在第二次世界大战中被炸飞过。
• Before World War II, women were not recruited as intelligence officers
  在第二次世界大战之前，女性不能当情报人员。