Engels–Nederlands woordenboek
Nederlandse vertaling van het Engelse woord fight a losing battle
| Engels | Nederlands (indirect vertaald) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (scuffle; action; fight; clash; combat; fray; engagement) | ; ; | |
🔗 This was a battle for survival. | ||
| (of a battle) | gevechts‐ | batala |
| (fight; strive; contend) | ; ; | |
🔗 Since Saturday’s surprise assault, Israeli aircraft have been pounding Gaza targets while its ground forces have battled to retake control of border villages and towns overrun by Palestinian gunmen. | ||
| (combat; fight) | ; ; vechten tegen | |
🔗 Hundreds of firefighters were deployed Monday to battle the blazes in eastern Attica (the Máti area) and Kinéta in western Attica, where two fires were still active Wednesday morning. | ||
| (strive; contend; battle) | ; ; | |
🔗 This is where we fight! | ||
| ; | ||
| (combat; contend with; fight against; counter; run against; take on) | ||
| (battle; scuffle; action; clash; combat; fray; engagement) | ; ; | |
| (combat; battle) | ; vechten tegen | |
🔗 Her government has been fighting corruption allegations for a while. | ||
| (be at loggerheads; tussle; fight one another) | ; met elkaar vechten ; | |
lukti kontraŭ | ||
vechten in | ||
🔗 First, the Russian leader has not only Prigožin to deal with but also thousands of soldiers who more than ever may be wondering just why they are fighting Putin’s war. | ||
| (fall away; lose flesh; lose in weight) | ||
| ; ; | ||
🔗 As an adult, Leon Czolgosz worked in a Cleveland factory until he lost his job in a labour dispute in 1893. | ||
| (forfeit) | ||
🔗 Johnson’s speech on Wednesday night reflects the Brexiteers’ growing fears that, while they won the referendum battle, they might be losing the war. | ||
| (go to the wall; be worsted; have the worse; get the worst of it; be beaten; be defeated) | ||
| Engels | Nederlands |
|---|---|
| fight a losing battle | ⇆ een bij voorbaat verloren strijd voeren; ⇆ een verloren strijd voeren; ⇆ tevergeefs strijden; ⇆ vechten tegen de bierkaai |
| battle | ⇆ gevecht; ⇆ slag; ⇆ slag leveren; ⇆ slagorde; ⇆ strijd; ⇆ strijden; ⇆ vechten; ⇆ veldslag |
| fight | ⇆ bestrijden; ⇆ bestrijding; ⇆ bevechten; ⇆ gevecht; ⇆ kamp; ⇆ kampen; ⇆ knokken; ⇆ knokpartij; ⇆ laten vechten; ⇆ strijd; ⇆ strijden; ⇆ strijden tegen; ⇆ te velde trekken tegen; ⇆ treffen; ⇆ uitvechten; ⇆ vechten; ⇆ vechten in; ⇆ vechten met; ⇆ vechten tegen; ⇆ vechtpartij |
| lose | ⇆ achterlopen; ⇆ afraken van; ⇆ afvallen; ⇆ doen verliezen; ⇆ erbij inschieten; ⇆ het verliezen; ⇆ kwijtraken; ⇆ missen; ⇆ schade lijden; ⇆ verbeuren; ⇆ verliezen; ⇆ verspelen; ⇆ verzuimen |
| losing | ⇆ hopeloos; ⇆ niet te winnen; ⇆ verliezend |