单词 | enmity |
释义 | enmityn. 1. The disposition or the feelings characteristic of an enemy; ill-will, hatred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > [noun] heteeOE nitheeOE fiendshipc900 hatingOE hatec1175 loathnessc1175 foeshipa1200 hatreda1225 foredenc1275 bitterhead1340 enmityc1380 bitternessa1382 haynec1386 enemy1398 heart-burningc1425 affection1485 dislovea1533 pique1532 haturea1563 animosity1568 foehood?1578 animoseness1730 hard feeling1803 dispeace1825 needle1874 bad mind1939 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 301 For enemyte þat þei han to a man. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4078 Ne wald þai neuer apon him se, Fra þat day bot wid enmite [Trin. Cambr. enemyte]. 1423 Kingis Quair lxxxvii Sum for dispite and othir Inmytee. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton I viii b For enymyte and hate are contrary to frendship and concorde. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 414 But ony inimite or mocioun of injuris. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xi. C The hatred of Ephraim, and ye enmyte of Iuda shalbe clene rooted out. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Diiiv Though on his side were parcialitie: That proued neither of them such an one, As therefore beare to him inimitie. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 92 The..inimitie borne toward thair parents to instil in the hartes of thair barnes. 1642 J. Langton in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. V. 48 A man quallified with greate inimitie and courage. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 431 Can..works of love or enmity fulfill. View more context for this quotation 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 115 A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart if he can help it. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 353 He hated me, and his enmity was shared by several who were present. 2. a. The condition of being an enemy; a state of mutual hostility; esp. in phrase at or in enmity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [noun] unthankc893 witherwardnessc897 witherOE wrakea1023 ungrithlOE feythhed1297 grill13.. ill1303 unfriendshipa1340 enmity?a1400 feuda1400 despitec1400 unkindnessc1400 ingratitude1477 barrace1488 disfriendship1493 hostility1531 dislovea1533 adversation1543 diskindness1596 disaffection1599 ill blood1624 disaffectedness1625 inimicalness1651 unfriendlinessa1684 animus1795 inimicality1797 virus1866 negativism1977 ?a1400 Chester Pl. (1843–7) 31 And enmitye betwene you towe..I shall make. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 379/3 By cause there shold noo debate ne enemyte falle betwene the brethren. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation (1847) I. 147 This inemitie [1732 inamitie] was judged mortall, and without all hope of reconciliatioun. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 541 So civill and temperate were mens enmities at that time. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 68 I will dispaire and be at enmitie With cousening Hope. View more context for this quotation 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. iii. 4 When the Romanes were divided, one faction labouring to oppresse another..such enimitie was called Sedition. 1611 Bible (King James) James iv. 4 Know yee not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys Diary 26 Aug. (1974) VIII. 401 It will prevent much trouble by having of him out of their envy. a1704 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §149 In an age at enmity with all restraint. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 188 The growing enmity of opinion to the punishment of death. 1845 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 407 Provided their parents were not at the time in enmity with our sovereign. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 581 The adventures, the attachments, the enmities of the lords and ladies who, etc. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ix. 300 That system of patronage..is at irreconcilable enmity with the very principle of good government. ΚΠ 1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 123 All Merchants Denizens and Forreins (except those which be of our enmitie) may, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful influence venomc1315 venomc1380 enmitya1387 blast1547 arsenic1583 aconite1606 Nessus shirta1616 bane-touch1647 blighta1661 poison tree1794 upas1801 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 99 It is grete enemyte [L. inimicissimum] to werriours forto norsche sleuþe and leccherie. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 A fortunat assendent clepen they whan..no wikkid planete haue non aspecte of enemyte vp-on the assendent. c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. liii. i The water myght not the enemytee Kepe of [warre] from his trewe Britayn lande. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 368 I abiure all roofes, and chuse To wage against the enmitie of the Ayre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1380 |
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