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

• 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。
• I can't understand her enmity towards me.
  我不懂她为何对我有敌意。
• The sword is a harbinger of enmity and bitterness.
  刀剑预示着仇恨和痛苦。
• 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。
• The enemy mask their enmity under an appearance of friendliness.
  敌人用友好的外表来掩饰内心的敌意。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• I don't understand why they always harbour enmity against their neighbouring country.
  我不明白为什么他们总是对他们的邻国怀有敌意。
• 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。