someone who is opposed to someone else and tries to do them harm 敵人;仇人;反對者 He must hide from his enemies while he is weak. 他在虛弱的時候必須躲避開他的敵人。
make an enemy of someone : Worst of all is to make an enemy of the Minister. 最壞的結果是與部長爲敵。
make enemies : It's easy to make enemies in a job like this. 這樣的工作很容易樹敵。
a mortal enemy (=someone who will always be your enemy) 死敵;死對頭 : She looked at her husband as if he were her mortal enemy. 她看着丈夫,就好像他是自己的死對頭一樣。
a political enemy : They searched for information on political enemies. 他們收集政敵們的情報。
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a country that is fighting another country in a war: can be followed by a singular or plural verb (戰爭中的)敵國(後可接動詞的單數或複數形式) We must be ready to resist an assault by sea from this country's enemies. 我們必須做好抵禦該國的敵人從海上襲擊的準備。
the enemy : He had to discourage the enemy from attempting to attack his position. 他得設法阻止對手對他的立場的攻擊。
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relating to a country's enemy (國家)敵人的 enemy attack/troops/aircraft/forces etc : The Serbs were determined to halt the enemy attacks. 塞爾維亞人決心要中止敵人的攻擊。
Over three hundred enemy aircraft were destroyed. 有300多輛敵機被摧毀。
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something that harms or threatens someone or something 大敵;危害 enemy of : Cigarette smoke is the undoubted enemy of a clear fresh complexion. 香煙的煙霧無疑會對嬌嫩白皙的皮膚造成傷害。
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