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

• 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。
• 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。
• I can't understand her enmity towards me.
  我不懂她为何对我有敌意。
• 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 said it in a spirit of enmity.
  他是怀着敌意说这话的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't understand his enmity towards his parents.
  我不理解他为什麽怨恨自己的父母。