combat: [16] Combat means literally ‘fight with’. It comes via French combattre from late Latin combattere, a compound verb formed from Latin com- ‘with’ and *battere, an assumed variant of Latin battuere ‘fight, beat’ (ultimate source of English abate, battle, and debate). => abate, battle, debate
combat (v.)
1560s, from Middle French combat (16c.), from Old French combattre (12c.), from Late Latin combattere, from Latin com- "with" (each other) (see com-) + battuere "to beat, fight" (see batter (v.)). Related: Combated; combating; combatted; combatting.
combat (n.)
1560s, from Middle French combat (16c.), from combattre (see combat (v.)).
例文
1. They demanded a more expansionary economy to combat rising unemployment.
彼らは高い失業率に対応するために拡張的な経済を発展させることを要求している。
2.The seagulls swirled in aerial combat over the barges.
カモメがはしけの上を旋回し、空中の格闘を展開している。
3.He never expected to return home wearing US combat fatigues.
彼はアメリカの軍服を着て家に帰るとは思ってもみなかった。
4.He was wearing black combat trousers and a hooded fleece.
彼は黒の作戦ズボンとフード付き羊のセーターを着ている。
5.His wounds knocked him out of combat for the duration.