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。
• There was enmity between the two persons.
  这两人之间有仇。
• He said it in a spirit of enmity.
  他是怀着敌意说这话的。
• 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；
• That lady was at deep enmity with her neighbours.
  这个妇人与邻居结怨甚深。
• The sword is a harbinger of enmity and bitterness.
  刀剑预示着仇恨和痛苦。
• I think there is an historic enmity between them
  我觉得他们之间的仇恨由来已久。
• 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 bear none of you any enmity, but I won't go up against James.
  我跟你们毫无过节，但我也不想和詹姆斯作对。
• 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。