- 戦線
- せんせん
(war) front* * *せんせん【戦線】battle line〖C〗戦線, 戦列**front〖C〗戦線present [form, show] a united front against... …に共同戦線を張る
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine パレスチナ解放人民戦線(〖略〗PFLP).
* * *せんせん【戦線】1 〔戦闘の第一線〕 the (war) front; the battle [firing] line.●同時に 3 つの戦線で戦う fight on three fronts at the same time.
●戦線に立つ 〔前線に向かう〕 go to [leave for] the front; go into battle; 〔前線にいる, 第一線で戦う〕 be in the firing [battle] line; be at the front; take part in a battle
・戦線に加わる join the troops at the front; go into battle
・戦線に復帰する go back to the front; go back into battle.
●戦線の立て直し readjustment of the battle line.
●戦線を張る draw (up) one's line of battle [battle line]
・戦線を持ちこたえる hold the line 《against…》
・第 2戦線を形成する establish a second front
・戦線を拡大する extend the front [lines of battle]
・戦線を縮小する reduce the front line
・戦線を離れる[離脱する] leave the front [line of battle]; retire (from the front); 《口》 leave the game.
●戦線は 50 キロにわたっている. The front is fifty kilometers long. | The battle line extends over fifty kilometers.
2 〔運動や闘争の場・形態〕 a front.●戦線を統一する form a united front
・戦線を立て直す reorganize the (labor) front
・共同戦線を張る combine operations
・労農が統一戦線を組む workers and peasants combine [form a united front].
外交戦線 《on》 the diplomatic front.西部戦線 the western front; 〔第一次大戦の〕 the Western Front.労働戦線 a labor front.戦線統一 【労】 (the) formation of a united front; unification of the labor front.戦線復帰 (a) return to battle [the front]; coming back to the game.戦線離脱 retiring from battle [the front]; leaving the game.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.