hard-fought

adjective
🔊/ˌhɑːd ˈfɔːt/
🔊/ˌhɑːrd ˈfɔːt/
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  1. that involves fighting very hard艰苦斗争的;激烈战斗的
    • a hard-fought battle/win/victory激烈的战斗;来之不易的胜利
    Extra Examples
    • He resigned last year after a hard-fought battle over the future of the company.在公司未来的艰苦奋斗之后,他于去年辞职。
    • It was a hard-fought game.这是一场激烈的比赛。
    • School football matches were desperately hard-fought.学校足球比赛拼命地拼搏。
    • It was a hard fought campaign.这是一场艰苦的战役。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHard-fought is used with these nouns:
    • contest
    • victory
    • win
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