pitched battle

中英例句：

1. Fifteen days of campaigning are left and the real pitched battle now begins.
   半個月的競選日子已經過去，真刀實槍的艱苦戰鬥現在開始了。
2. Conservationists fought a pitched battle with developers over the future of the site.
   主張保護自然環境的人同地產開發公司就該地前途進行了針鋒相對的論戰。
3. The two merchants came to a pitched battle in the market place.
   這兩個商人在市場上激烈地爭執起來。
4. Each side committed its reserves and a pitched battle followed.
   雙方都把後備部隊投入了戰鬥，緊接著一場激戰開始了。

英文解釋：

名詞 pitched battle:

1. a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place