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Enmity Means Enemy Feeling 英 Enməti] 美 Enməti N.敌意;憎恨;不和

英语单词 enmity
英美音标 英 ['enməti] 美 ['enməti]
中文释义 n.敌意;憎恨;不和
英语例句 (1) He felt great enmity towards his brother.
(2) He returned my generous act with enmity.
(3) There shall be no enmity on my part.
(4) They are at enmity with each other.
中文例句 (1) 他对他弟弟满怀敌意。
(2) 他对我恩将仇报。
(3) 我这方面可没有什么怨恨。
(4) 他们彼此不和。
vocabulary简明 Enmity means intense hostility. If you're a football fanatic, you feel enmity for your opposing team.
vocabulary扩展 Enmity comes from the same Latin root as enemy, and means the state of being an enemy. If you have always hated someone, you have a history of enmity with that person. Enmity is stronger than antagonism or animosity, which imply competitive feeling but don't go all the way to enemy status. Hopefully you are a peacemaker and don't experience too much enmity in your life.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]敌意;仇恨;愤恨 Enmity is a feeling of hatred towards someone that lasts for a long time.
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  • I think there is an historic enmity between them...

    我觉得他们之间的仇恨由来已久。

  • 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。

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