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。
• The two brothers are at enmity with each other.
  那两兄弟对彼此怀有敌意。
• They watched him with astonishment but without enmity.
  大家惊讶地看着他，但并没有敌意。
• 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。
• He said it in a spirit of enmity.
  他是怀着敌意说这话的。
• 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。
• He felt enmity towards his sister.
  他对他姐姐怀有敌意。
• There was enmity between the two persons.
  这两人之间有仇。
• That lady was at deep enmity with her neighbours.
  这个妇人与邻居结怨甚深。
• The gaiety with which they had set out had somehow vanished; and yet there was no enmity or malice between them.
  她们一块儿出门时的欢乐情绪也不知道怎么消失了；但是在她们中间并没有仇恨和恶意。