enemy

英 [ˈenəmi]

美 [ˈenəmi]

n. 敌人; 仇人; 反对者; 敌国; 敌军; 敌兵; 危害物; 大敌

复数：enemies　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1860 / COCA.1596

同义词辨析

opponent competitor enemy foe rival【导航词义：对手】

opponentn. 对手，敌手

〔辨析〕

指在竞争、比赛、战斗、辩论等中的对手。

〔例证〕

He easily defeated his opponent in the election.
他在竞选中轻松击败了对手。
Ted can outfox his opponent almost every time.
特德几乎每次都能智取对手。

competitorn. 对手，竞争者

〔辨析〕

指参与竞争的人、队伍、公司等，尤指商业领域内的对手。

〔例证〕

The company signed a secret deal with its main competitor.
该公司与其主要竞争者签订了一项秘密协议。
Their product has a good lead over their competitor's.
他们的产品遥遥领先其竞争者。

enemyn. 敌人，敌手

〔辨析〕

普通用词，指心怀仇恨并意图造成伤害的对手，可以是人或动物。

〔例证〕

Politicians often have many enemies.
政治家往往树敌很多。
Remember not to make an enemy of him.
记住不要与他为敌。
Birds and insects are natural enemies.
鸟类与昆虫是天敌。

foen. 〈文〉仇敌，敌人

〔辨析〕

多用于文学作品中，指敌意很深、危险性很大的对手。

〔例证〕

They are my sworn foes.
他们是我不共戴天的仇人。
Is the killer your friend or foe?
杀手是你的朋友还是仇人？
The knight was murdered by his foes.
那位骑士被他的仇敌谋害了。

rivaln. 对手，敌手

〔辨析〕

指在赛场、情场、职场、生意场等中的竞争对手，可以是人、机构、物品等。

〔例证〕

The boxer beat his rival.
这位拳击手击败了他的对手。
Bob and I are rivals in love.
鲍勃和我是情敌。
Moch and I were rivals for the job.
莫克和我是这次求职的竞争对手。
The two companies still remain bitter rivals.
这两家公司依然是宿敌。

习惯用语

be your own worst enemy

自讨苦吃；是自己问题的根源
to be the cause of your own problems

牛津词典

noun

敌人；仇人；反对者
a person who hates sb or who acts or speaks against sb/sth
1. He has a lot of enemies in the company.
  他在公司里有很多对头。
2. After just one day, she had already made an enemy of her manager.
  刚过一天她就已经与经理为敌了。
3. It is rare to find a prominent politician with few political enemies .
  没有什么政敌的杰出从政者是罕见的。
4. The state has a duty to protect its citizens against external enemies.
  国家有义务保护本国公民不受外敌侵犯。
5. Birds are the natural enemies of many insect pests (= they kill them) .
  鸟类是许多害虫的天敌。
敌国；敌军；敌兵
a country that you are fighting a war against; the soldiers, etc. of this country
1. The enemy was/were forced to retreat.
  敌军被迫撤退了。
2. enemy forces/aircraft/territory
  敌军；敌机；敌方领土
3. behind enemy lines (= the area controlled by the enemy)
  在敌后
危害物；大敌
anything that harms sth or prevents it from being successful
1. Poverty and ignorance are the enemies of progress.
  贫穷和愚昧阻碍进步。

柯林斯词典

敌人;仇敌
If someone is yourenemy, they hate you or want to harm you.
N-COUNT 反对者
If someone is yourenemy, they are opposed to you and to what you think or do.
1. The Government's political enemies were quick to pick up on this series of disasters.
  政府的政敌迅速借这一系列灾难向政府发难。
N-SING-COLL 敌军;敌国
The enemyis an army or other force that is opposed to you in a war, or a country with which your country is at war.
1. The enemy were pursued for two miles...
  敌军被追击了两英里。
2. He searched the skies for enemy bombers.
  他在空中搜寻敌军轰炸机。
N-COUNT 大敌;危害
If one thing is theenemy ofanother thing, the second thing cannot happen or succeed because of the first thing.
1. Reform, as we know, is the enemy of revolution.
  正如我们所知，改革是革命的大敌。

英英释义

noun

any hostile group of people
1. he viewed lawyers as the real enemy
an opposing military force
1. the enemy attacked at dawn
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
1. a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
Synonym:foefoemanopposition
a personal enemy
1. they had been political foes for years
Synonym:foe

双语例句

The enemy were besieged by us.
敌军被我们包围了。
The anti-aircraft units opened fire and hit two of the enemy planes.
防空部队开炮，击中了两架敌机。
The enemy has drawn back.
敌人缩回去了。
The enemy is not reconciled to his defeat.
敌人失败了，还不死心。
The enemy met with a repulse.
敌人被击退了。
When we launched a general offensive, the enemy troops ran away with their tails between their legs.
在我们发起总攻后，敌军就夹着尾巴逃跑了。
The enemy retreated.
敌人退却了。
The Government's political enemies were quick to pick up on this series of disasters.
政府的政敌迅速借这一系列灾难向政府发难。
He saw the pitiless eyes of his enemy
他看到了敌人冷酷的眼神。
The enemy soldiers have looted the treasures of the art museums.
敌军士兵劫掠走了艺术博物馆的珍藏。