| 单词 | enemy |
| 释义 | enemy /en"euh mee/, n. , pl. enemies, adj. n. 1. a person who feels hatred for, fosters harmful designs against, or engages in antagonistic activities against another; an adversary or opponent. 2. an armed foe; an opposing military force: The army attacked the enemy at dawn. 3. a hostile nation or state. 4. a citizen of such a state. 5. enemies, persons, nations, etc., that are hostile to one another: Let's make up and stop being enemies. 6. something harmful or prejudical: His unbridled ambition is his worst enemy. 7. the Enemy, the Devil; Satan. adj. 8. belonging to a hostile power or to any of its nationals: enemy property. 9. Obs. inimical; ill-disposed. [1250-1300; ME enemi < AF, OF < L inimicus unfriendly, equiv. to in- IN-3 + amicus friendly, friend; see AMICABLE] Usage. See collective noun. Syn. 1. antagonist. ENEMY, FOE refer to a dangerous public or personal adversary. ENEMY emphasizes the idea of hostility: to overcome the enemy; a bitter enemy. FOE, a more literary word, may be used interchangeably with ENEMY, but emphasizes somewhat more the danger to be feared from such a one: deadly foe; arch foe of humankind (the Devil). Ant. 1. friend. 2. ally. |
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