He made a lot of enemies during the course of his career. Tradition is the enemy of progress.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English enmy, enemi, borrowed from Anglo-French enemi, going back to Latin inimīcus, noun derivative of inimīcus, adjective, "of an opponent, unfriendly, hostile," from in-in- entry 1 + amīcus "friendly, well-disposed, loving" — more at amiable
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ENEMY | ENEMY + VERB | ENEMY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bitter, deadly, great, implacable, mortal, sworn仇敵;死敵;強敵;勢不兩立的敵人;不共戴天的敵人➤biggest, worst頭號敵人▸➤dangerous, formidable, powerful危險的/可怕的/強大的敵人▸➤chief, main, principal主要敵人◇The lion is the zebra's chief enemy.獅子對斑馬造成的威脅很大。➤ancient, old, traditional老對手;宿敵◇In today's game England play their old enemy, Scotland.今天的比賽中,英格蘭隊將和他們的老對手蘇格蘭隊對陣。◇Iraq's traditional enemy, Iran伊拉克的宿敵伊朗➤real, true真正的敵人▸➤common公敵◇They united in the face of a common enemy.面對共同的敵人,他們聯合起來了。➤natural天敵◇The church and the Communist Party were natural enemies.教會和共產黨是天敵。➤perceived假想敵➤invisible, unseen看不見的敵人➤potential潛在的敵人➤external, foreign外敵▸➤political政敵VERB + ENEMY➤have有敵人◇She didn't have an enemy in the world.在這世界上她一個敵人也沒有。➤make樹敵◇He made many enemies during his brief reign.他在短暫的統治期內樹敵眾多。◇I didn't want to make an enemy of Mr Evans.我不想和埃文斯先生為敵。➤attack, fight, fight against襲擊敵人;與敵作戰◇He was prepared to use any weapon to fight against his enemies.他已準備好採取一切手段對付敵人。➤defeat, destroy, eliminate, kill打敗/擊垮/消滅/殺掉敵人▸➤confront, engage, face, meet面臨敵手;與敵人交戰;面對敵人;迎敵◇He turned to face his enemy.他轉過身來面對敵人。➤know瞭解敵人◇It is important to know your enemy.瞭解敵人很重要。➤defend sth against, protect sb/sth against, protect sb/sth from保衞⋯免遭敵人攻擊;保護⋯不受敵人傷害◇The cat uses its claws to protect itself against enemies.那隻貓用爪子保護自己,抵禦敵人。➤deter阻截敵人◇The skunk releases a pungent smell to deter the enemy.臭鼬釋放出刺鼻的氣味阻止敵人靠近。ENEMY + VERB➤attack sb/sth敵人攻擊⋯ENEMY + NOUN➤army, forces, soldiers, troops, unit敵軍;敵對軍隊;敵兵;敵軍部隊▸➤defences, lines, positions, ranks敵軍防禦工事/防線/陣地/隊列◇The spies managed to penetrate behind enemy lines.那些間諜成功穿過了敵軍防線。➤camp敵營▸➤action, attack, bombing, fire敵方行動/襲擊/轟炸/炮火◇the first casualty from enemy action在敵軍行動中的首批傷亡將士◇The men came under enemy fire.士兵們受到敵人炮火的攻擊。➤activity敵軍活動◇Intelligence reported enemy activity just off the coast.情報人員報告說敵軍在沿海附近活動。➤country, territory敵國;敵方領土▸➤aircraft, fighter, plane, ship, tank敵機;敵方戰鬥機;敵艦;敵方坦克➤missile, weapon敵方導彈/武器▸➤propaganda敵方宣傳➤prisoner敵方俘虜➤target敵方目標PREPOSITION➤against an/the enemy抗敵◇They decided to use the weapon against the enemy.他們決定以武力禦敵。➤enemy of⋯的敵人◇an enemy of God上帝的敵人PHRASES➤your own worst enemy自己最大的敵人◇Some dancers become their own worst enemies, criticizing themselves for every imperfection.一些舞者總是因每一處不完美而責備自己,成了他們自己最大的敵人。➤fall into enemy hands落入敵方手中◇The document must not at any price fall into enemy hands.無論付出什麼代價,文件都不能落入敵手。➤in the face of the enemy在敵人面前◇He was shot for desertion in the face of the enemy.他在面臨敵人進攻時當逃兵,被槍決了。➤an enemy of the State國家公敵◇Thousands of perceived enemies of the State were imprisoned.數以千計被認為是國家公敵的人遭到囚禁。➤public enemy公敵◇Since the scandal he has become public enemy number one (= very unpopular).自從這個醜聞發生後他就成了頭號公敵。