fog of war

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations.
    — Future reports from any source should be treated with caution. What we can see is not the “fog of war,” in the old-fashioned sense; instead it is a kind of swirling tornado, a maelstrom of claims and counterclaims, memes and countermemes, real battles taking place away from television screens and fake ones happening on camera.
  2. The shrouded concealment of enemy activity outside of areas observable by a player's forces.
    — The game starts with an overhead view of a map with the “fog of war” covering all areas not within sight of the player's units.

词形变化

fogs of war plural

词源

Calque of German Nebel des Krieges, an expression coined by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz.
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