- combat something to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or from getting worse防止;减轻
- measures to combat crime/inflation/unemployment/disease防止犯罪/通货膨胀/失业/疾病的措施
Extra Examples- Measures to combat violent crime have been proposed.已提出打击暴力犯罪的措施。
- She argued that the only way to combat inflation effectively was to keep interest rates high.她提出理由说明有效防止通货膨胀的唯一方法就是保持高利率。
- He announced new measures to combat crime in the inner cities.他宣布了打击内城区犯罪活动的新措施。
- The country has appealed for aid to combat serious shortages of foodstuffs.该国已吁请援助以应付严重的食品短缺。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverbverb + combatphrases- action to combat something
- efforts to combat something
- measures to combat something
- …
See full entry - combat somebody (formal) to fight against an enemy战斗;与…搏斗
- The security forces were unwilling to combat the insurgents.安全部队不愿与叛乱分子作战。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a fight between two people or parties): from French combattre (verb), from late Latin combattere, from com- ‘together with’ + battere, variant of Latin batuere ‘to fight’.