crossfire是什么意思？

crossfire

英[ˈkrɒsfaɪə(r)] 美[ˈkrɔsfaɪə(r)]

• n. 交叉火力，来自多方面的攻击，卷入两者的争执中并因此遭殃，（可能偶然影响未直接参与者的）激烈言行；

例句

• The child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly. 这个孩子站在交叉火力之中, 毫无防备.
• When two industrial giants clash, small companies can get caught in the crossfire. 两大工业企业争斗之下, 小公司遭受池鱼之殃.
• The doctor was killed in crossfire as he went to help the wounded. 那位医生去救助伤员时在交叉火力中丧生。
• They say they are caught in the crossfire between the education establishment and the government. 他们称自己被卷进了教育机构与政府之间的争端。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  交叉火力
  Crossfire is gunfire, for example in a battle, that comes from two or more different directions and passes through the same area.
• PHRASE
  被卷进争端
  If you are caught in the crossfire, you become involved in an unpleasant situation in which people are arguing with each other, although you do not want to be involved or say which person you agree with.
  例句
  They say they are caught in the crossfire between the education establishment and the government. 他们称自己被卷进了教育机构与政府之间的争端。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  来自多方面的攻击，夹攻
  When two industrial giants clash, small companies can get caught in the crossfire. 两大工业企业争斗之下,小公司遭受池鱼之殃。
  卷入两者的争执中并因此遭殃；遭受池鱼之殃
  When two industrial giants clash, small companies can get caught in the crossfire. 两大工业企业争斗之下，小公司遭受池鱼之殃。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
  2. fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross