| 单词 | public enemy number one |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspublic enemy number one public enemy number one n. (also public enemy no. 1) originally U.S. the first person named on a list of wanted criminals; the person regarded as the one it is most important to apprehend; (in extended use) that which poses the greatest threat to the welfare or security of a community, nation, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun] > deadly enemy > public enemy public enemy1548 enemy of the people1888 public enemy number one1930 Great Satan1967 1930 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 1 Nov. 1 How about Al Capone?.. Some authorities must know his whereabouts. Why isn't he, as public enemy No. 1, ever placed under arrest? 1935 Daily Mail 23 Oct. 18/1 (advt.) We all know who is Public Enemy No. 1 when it's time to get up! The ‘Droops’. 1939 Ld. Camrose in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1976) V. lii. 1081 Well, Winston was Public Enemy No 1 in Berlin, and Eden was the same in Italy. 1958 Listener 17 July 75/1 Iraq..has been Public Enemy No. 1 to Egypt's propagandists. 1967 M. Murray Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde (song) 3 Bonnie and Clyde got to be public enemy number one—Running and hiding from ev'ry American lawman's gun. 1996 Denver Post 13 Apr. a19/1 Smugglers are public enemy No.1. < as lemmas |
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