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 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。
• He is at enmity with his neighbours.
  他与邻人不和睦。
• 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。
• 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。
• The desire for freedom at home has trumped enmity towards the West.
  对本土自由的渴望，胜过了对西方的敌意。
• The two brothers are at enmity with each other.
  那两兄弟对彼此怀有敌意。
• And might reconcile both in one Body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity by it.
  既用十字架除灭了仇恨，便藉这十字架，使两下在一个身体里与神和好了；
• 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。
• I can't understand her enmity towards me.
  我不懂她为何对我有敌意。
• That lady was at deep enmity with her neighbours.
  这个妇人与邻居结怨甚深。