| 单词 | enmity |
| 释义 | en·mi·ty 1. a. < his act only increased the enmity of his rival > b. < men settled in enmity toward their fellows > c. < he had an enmity with man — Lord Dunsany > 2. obsolete Synonyms: < farmers began to arrive, some to remain and conquer the enmity of cattlemen — American Guide Series: Texas > < France's feud with Germany and her enmity with England — A.L.Guérard > hostility may, but does not always, indicate an enmity manifesting itself in open active attack or aggression < the hostility with which bishops and parish priests regarded monks and friars — G.M.Trevelyan > < driven from their old homes because of their loyalty to the British Crown and their consequent hostility to the Revolution — B.K.Sandwell > < Richelieu in his own mind determined upon overt hostilities, upon national war — Hilaire Belloc > antipathy may apply to a temperamental dislike, aversion, or desire to avoid and shun < inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded — George Washington > < as for cats and Negroes, he was inclined to believe that both species knew instinctively of his pronounced antipathy for them — Osbert Sitwell > antagonism may suggest a natural hatred or ill will marked by quick hostility or bitter rivalry or resistance < an antagonism existed between the two brothers > < her fragility aroused the chivalry of men, her modesty precluded the antagonism of women — Victoria Sackville-West > animosity suggests intense, vindictive ill will capable of culminating in hostility < her hatred of the idea of it was intensified into violent animosity — Arnold Bennett > < vicious animosity of political opponents kept alive an unfortunate mistake that occurred at the time of the Jackson marriage — American Guide Series: Tennessee > rancor may indicate bitter malevolence, often accompanied by brooding over an injustice or wrong < his most faithful disciple and his most trusted helper, for a dozen years. There is small wonder at her feeling an unchristian rancor against the nation which had caused his death — C.S.Forester > animus applies to dislike, often prejudiced, and ill will, often malevolent or spiteful < a sense that he had been patronized lay behind the animus that made him a “defiant American”, when he was minister to England — Van Wyck Brooks > |
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