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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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