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発音

• IPA^(key): /faɪt bæk/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA^(key): [fʌɪt bæk]

動詞

fight back (三人称単数 現在形 fights back, 現在分詞 fighting back, 過去形および過去分詞形 fought back)

1. (intransitive) to defend oneself by fighting.
2. (intransitive) to counterattack; to resist an attack.
   • 2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London)‎^[1]:

     With Scott and the outstanding Claire Rafferty in particular fighting back, all was not lost.

   • 2021 August 25, Richard Foster, “The rise and fall of railway's Big Four...”, in RAIL, number 938, pages 54-55:

     The 1928 Royal Commission on Transport not only set some controls for the road haulage industry, it also gave the railway companies the opportunity to fight back.

3. (transitive) to repress; to struggle to repress.

   She tried to fight back her laughter.

4. (intransitive, in sports) to overturn a losing deficit.

名詞

fightback (uncountable)

1. (sports) resistance
   • 2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, Herald Sun:

     Stosur gave hope of a fightback when she smashed through Dementieva's serve in the first game of the second set.

   • 2011 September 24, Arindam Rej, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Wolverhampton”, BBC Sport:

     Liverpool resisted a second-half fightback from Wolves to secure a hard-fought victory and end a run of back-to-back Premier League defeats.

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