fight a losing battle

be fated to fail in one's efforts

注定失敗；徒勞

he was fighting a losing battle to stem the tears.

他徒勞地想要止住淚水。

make a fight of it

put up a spirited show of resistance in a fight or contest

奮力抵抗

United certainly made a fight of it in the second half.

毫無疑問，聯(lián)隊(duì)在下半場(chǎng)奮起抵抗了。

fight or flight

the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away

或進(jìn)或退；要么拼搏，要么逃走

put up a fight

offer resistance to an attack

抗擊

fight back

counter-attack or retaliate in a fight, struggle, or contest

還擊，反擊

fight it out

settle a dispute by fighting or competing aggressively

以斗爭(zhēng)方式解決爭(zhēng)端

they fought it out with a tug-of-war.

他們通過激烈的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)來解決問題。

(fight someone/thing off)defend oneself against an attack by someone or something

抵擋，防范

well-fed people are better able to fight off infectious disease.

營(yíng)養(yǎng)充足的人更能抵抗傳染病。

fight off

To defend against or drive back (a hostile force, for example).

抵抗，擊退：防御或擊退（例如一股敵對(duì)勢(shì)力）

fight fire with fire

To combat one evil or one set of negative circumstances by reacting in kind.

以毒攻毒：在與邪惡或反動(dòng)勢(shì)力作斗爭(zhēng)時(shí)以其人之道還制其人是身

fight shy of

To avoid meeting or confronting.

畏避，避開