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adversary n.敌手；对手 (1) 他以强硬的语言抨击他的敌手。(2) 你可能有一个潜在的敌手，他时刻准备着与你作对。(3) 对手的魁伟身材使他丧失了勇气。(4) 他们继续把它看作主要的对手。 Adversary as in "enemy" or "opponent" is related to the words adversarial, or hostile, or adverse, meaning against or contrary. The Adversary is a specific reference to Satan, or the Devil. The word adversary is from Middle English adversarie, from Latin adversarius, from adversus "against."

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英 ['ædvəsəri] 美 ['ædvərseri] (1) He set at his adversary in strong language.(2) You may have a hidden adversary who would love to prove you wrong.(3) He was dismayed at the size of his adversary.(4) They continued to view it as their major adversary. An adversary is someone who fights against or opposes another. In tennis, you stand across the net from your adversary. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]敌手；对手 Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against.   [usu with supp]Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary...埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。His political adversaries were creating a certain amount of trouble for him.他的政敌正在给他制造一些麻烦。

英语单词	adversary
英美音标	英 ['ædvəsəri] 美 ['ædvərseri]
中文释义	n.敌手；对手
英语例句	(1) He set at his adversary in strong language. (2) You may have a hidden adversary who would love to prove you wrong. (3) He was dismayed at the size of his adversary. (4) They continued to view it as their major adversary.
中文例句	(1) 他以强硬的语言抨击他的敌手。 (2) 你可能有一个潜在的敌手，他时刻准备着与你作对。 (3) 对手的魁伟身材使他丧失了勇气。 (4) 他们继续把它看作主要的对手。
vocabulary简明	An adversary is someone who fights against or opposes another. In tennis, you stand across the net from your adversary.
vocabulary扩展	Adversary as in "enemy" or "opponent" is related to the words adversarial, or hostile, or adverse, meaning against or contrary. The Adversary is a specific reference to Satan, or the Devil. The word adversary is from Middle English adversarie, from Latin adversarius, from adversus "against."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]敌手；对手 Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against. [usu with supp] Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary... 埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。 His political adversaries were creating a certain amount of trouble for him. 他的政敌正在给他制造一些麻烦。

Adversary 英 ædvəsəri] 美 ædvərseri N.敌手；对手 Set Strong Language