battle

Compared meaning: to fight hard against something (verb).

比较义项：奋力对抗、反对（动词）。

• battle 本词

  Battle suggests a long, hard struggle and often pairs with personal challenges like illness or addiction, besides literal fighting; it is usually transitive, without a preposition.

  battle 强调长期而艰苦的斗争，除了指真正的战斗外，还常与疾病、成瘾等个人困境搭配；通常用作及物动词，不需要介词。

  My grandmother battled cancer for three years before finally recovering.

  我祖母与癌症奋战了三年，最终康复了。

• combat

  Combat is more formal and typically pairs with large-scale, abstract problems in policy or news contexts, such as crime or trafficking, rather than personal illness.

  combat 语气更为正式，通常与犯罪、贩毒等大规模、抽象的社会问题搭配，多见于政策或新闻语境，而不用于个人疾病等情形。

  The government launched a new campaign to combat drug trafficking.

  政府发起了一项新运动来打击贩毒活动。

Battle and combat both mean to fight hard against something. Battle is stronger, for a long, hard struggle, used for personal problems like illness or addiction. Combat is more formal, common in news or policy language, for big problems like crime or drug trafficking.

battle 和 combat 在这个意义上都表示“奋力对抗某事物”，但语气和使用场合不同：battle 语气较强，常指长期而艰苦的斗争，多用于个人经历（如疾病、成瘾）或实际战斗；combat 更为正式，多见于政策或新闻语境，用来描述应对犯罪、贩毒等社会性问题。这里不比较 battle 作名词“战斗”和 combat 作名词“格斗”的用法。

Compared meaning: a hard effort to achieve a goal (noun).

比较义项：为达成目标而进行的努力或斗争（名词）。

• battle 本词

  Battle suggests a dramatic fight against a clear opponent, obstacle or illness, often in the fixed phrase 'fight/win/lose a battle'; more formal and intense than struggle.

  battle给人一种戏剧性的、针对明确对手、障碍或疾病的对抗感，常用于「fight/win/lose a battle」这类固定搭配，语气比struggle更正式、更强烈。

  He fought a tough battle to save his family business.

  他为了拯救家族企业打了一场艰苦的战斗。

• struggle

  Struggle emphasizes ongoing difficulty or hardship, often without a specific opponent, common in everyday situations like schoolwork or money, typically as 'struggle with/to do something'.

  struggle强调持续的困难或艰辛，常常没有明确的对手，多用于学业、金钱等日常情境，常见搭配为「struggle with/to do something」。

  He struggled every month just to pay his rent.

  他每个月都要挣扎着才能付得起房租。

Battle and struggle both mean a hard effort to reach a goal. Battle suggests a dramatic fight against a clear opponent or obstacle, and is more intense. Struggle emphasizes ongoing difficulty, often with no specific opponent, common in everyday things like schoolwork or money.

这两个词在此义项上都指为实现某个目标而付出的艰难努力，语气相近，容易混淆；但battle更强调戏剧性的对抗和明确的对手，struggle更强调持续的困难和挣扎，语气较为平实。这里不比较battle表示「战斗、战役」的本义。