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

• 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。
• I don't understand his enmity towards his parents.
  我不理解他为什麽怨恨自己的父母。
• The Franco-Prussian War had sown seeds of enmity which were eventually to bear fruit.
  普法战争播下仇恨的种子，后来终于结成恶果。
• There was enmity between the two persons.
  这两人之间有仇。
• Since the war, the enmity and distrust between the villagers has been partially buried.
  二战以来，村民间的仇意和猜忌多多少少地被掩埋了。
• Mohammed told his wife that he had no enmity for the country that had just enfranchised him with citizenship.
  穆罕默德对妻子说他对刚授予他公民权的国家毫无敌意。
• We should overcome the worst that the tyrant's enmity can do.
  我们应该战胜暴君的残暴所带来最坏的情况。
• 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。
• He is at enmity with his neighbours.
  他与邻人不和睦。