单词 | public enemy |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic enemy public enemy n. [compare Middle French, French ennemi public (1560 or earlier)] an enemy common to a number of nations, a general enemy (cf. sense A. 2c); (also, now the usual sense) a person considered as a threat to the community (cf. sense A. 2a); cf. public enemy number one n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun] > deadly enemy > public enemy public enemy1548 enemy of the people1888 public enemy number one1930 Great Satan1967 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. ii Who woulde be obstinate & refuse to returne to his parte, should be accepted and taken as a publike enemy to hym and his countrey. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan 390 Nor is there any repugnancy between fearing the Laws, and not fearing a publique Enemy. 1756 G. Whitefield Short Addr. 9 We may as lawfully draw our swords, in order to defend ourselves against our common and public Enemy. 1842 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. X. lxxvii. 840 A declaration was..signed by all the Powers..which..proscribed Napoleon as a public enemy, with whom neither peace nor truce could be concluded. 1890 Star & Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 27 May The average tramp is a public enemy and will usually commit crime when he has the opportunity. 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland ii. ix. 123 The presence of a public enemy in our midst. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 May 70/4 The FBI reacted to his provocations by making Elijah a public enemy. < as lemmas |
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