pitched
adj (of a roof) sloping from a ridge; not flat (指屋頂)傾斜的, 坡的. pitched `battle battle fought with troops arranged in prepared positions and using all available resources 對(duì)陣戰(zhàn)
(fig 比喻) Conservationists fought a pitched battle with developers over the future of the site. 主張保護(hù)自然環(huán)境的人同地產(chǎn)開發(fā)公司就該地前途進(jìn)行了針鋒相對(duì)的論戰(zhàn). Cf 參看 skirmish.