wartime
noun [ U ] uk/ˈwɔː.taɪm/ us/ˈwɔːr.taɪm/
战时
a period of time during which a war is being fought
In wartime, food is often scarce. 在战时，食品经常短缺。
The film is set in wartime England. 这部电影的背景是战时的英格兰。
Opposite: peacetime
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- In Britain, the Victoria Cross is awarded for acts of great bravery during wartime.
- The movie is a mirror of daily life in wartime Britain.
- The wartime austerity of my early years prepared me for later hardships.
- It's a moving narrative of wartime adventure.
- The play has its setting in a wartime prison camp.