I tried to talk myself out of a fight and got beaten to a pulp instead by three other boys.

我试图说服自己不要打架，结果却被另外3个男孩子打得遍体鳞伤。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

A fight broke out between rival groups of fans.

比赛双方球迷打了起来。

《牛津词典》

She could create a fight out of anything.

她可以为了任何事制造争斗。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

We need to challenge governments, decision-makers and community leaders to stand together to fight TB and eventually wipe out this devastating disease."

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

The long-drawn-out fight against the Taliban does not have huge popular support in Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

In her talk with reporters, Secretary Clinton praised the Calderon administration's performance in the drug fight, saying that Mexican forces are often out-gunned by drug gangs armed with military-style weapons bought in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Twelve of these 14 are our allies, and the other two, China and Russia, who might (or actually might not) be cast as adversarial, have vast landmasses to protect and certainly cannot afford to pick an all-out fight with a far better-armed nation.

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Banned for life from their event after a knock-down, drag-out fight, they return from years of exile to compete as the first all-male pair.

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It lulls the country into a sense that it can avoid the trauma of a drawn-out political fight.

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