struggle to the death

Its successor, on the other hand, appeared to pit key socioeconomic groups in a life-or-death struggle and was widely seen by contemporary observers as marking a historical departure.

另一方面，它的继任者似乎让关键的社会经济群体陷入生死斗争，被当代观察家广泛视为历史背离的标志。

The expression group of death was not coined to suggest death by boredom, though this attractive and eagerly anticipated fixture only produced an earnest but tedious midfield struggle.

“死亡之组”一语与“无聊得要死”毫不相干，但这场引人瞩目、备受期待的比赛却着实成为一场真刀真枪却沉闷无趣的中场大绞杀。

From the spring of 1947 to his death in 1950 Orwell would re-enact every aspect of this struggle in the most painful way imaginable.

从1947年的春天到离开人世的1950年，奥威尔以可想象得到的最痛苦的方式呕心写作。