enmity

英 [ˈenməti]

美 [ˈenməti]

n.  敌意; 敌对; 仇恨

复数：enmities　

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BNC.19211 / COCA.17158

牛津词典

noun

• 敌意；敌对；仇恨
  feelings of hatred towards sb
  1. the traditional problem of the enmity between Protestants and Catholics
     新教徒和天主教徒之间历来仇视的问题
  2. personal enmities and political conflicts
     个人仇恨和政治冲突
  3. Her action earned her the enmity of two or three colleagues.
     她的行动激起了两三个同事对她的怨恨。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 敌意;仇恨;愤恨
  Enmityis a feeling of hatred towards someone that lasts for a long time.
  1. I think there is an historic enmity between them...
     我觉得他们之间的仇恨由来已久。
  2. President Mitterrand arrived in Hanoi yesterday to bury old colonial and cold war enmities.
     密特朗总统昨天到达河内，以期结束长久以来殖民战争和冷战造成的敌意。

英英释义

noun

• the feeling of a hostile person
  1. he could no longer contain his hostility
  Synonym:hostilityill will
• a state of deep-seated ill-will
  Synonym:hostilityantagonism

双语例句

• The sword is a harbinger of enmity and bitterness.
  刀剑预示着仇恨和痛苦。
• The example of requite kindness with enmity was fully applied on North American Indians.
  而恩将仇报的例了则被充分地实施到了北美印第安人的身上。
• He said it in a spirit of enmity.
  他是怀着敌意说这话的。
• He felt enmity towards his sister.
  他对他姐姐怀有敌意。
• Even more important, such a policy would have unnecessarily guaranteed future enmity with China.
  更重要的是，这祥的政策不必要地保证了未来与中国为敌。
• He is at enmity with his neighbours.
  他与邻人不和睦。
• And life was not so sample I Could finish enmity.
  而生命并非如此简单，能使我敌意终止。
• They watched him with astonishment but without enmity.
  大家惊讶地看着他，但并没有敌意。
• Over the period of years, humans have fought various wars that have led to various other events that ignited more and more enmity between the people.
  在过去的十年期间，人类已经打了导致各种引发了越来越多的人民之间的敌意其他活动不同的战争。
• The shrew was always at enmity with her neighbors.
  这个泼妇总是与邻人不睦。