battleground

champ de bataille

Lieu où des armées se battent ou se sont battues.

En anglais simple : A place where armies fight or fought a battle.

• The field became a battleground.
• We visited several historic battlegrounds during our trip.
• Soldiers left broken weapons scattered across the battleground.

Synonymes : battlefield

Expressions courantes : ancient battleground, visit a battleground, bloody battleground

terrain de confrontation

Lieu ou situation où des personnes ou des groupes s’opposent vivement et cherchent à l’emporter.

En anglais simple : A place or situation where people or groups strongly disagree and try to win.

• Their home became a battleground.
• The state is a key electoral battleground.
• Social media has become a battleground for competing political groups.

Comment l'utiliser : a battleground for someone/something (The city became a battleground for rival political parties.)

Synonymes : arena of conflict

Expressions courantes : political battleground, become a battleground, electoral battleground

sujet de discorde

Sujet qui suscite de vifs désaccords et sur lequel chacun cherche à imposer son point de vue.

En anglais simple : A subject that people strongly disagree about and try to influence.

• Education is the latest battleground.
• Tax reform became a major political battleground.
• Privacy has emerged as a new battleground in the technology debate.

Comment l'utiliser : a battleground over something (School funding became a battleground over public spending.)

Synonymes : point of contention, contested issue

Expressions courantes : major battleground, ideological battleground, new battleground