1. | [c] 敌人；仇人；反对者a person who hates sb or who acts or speaks against sb/sth |
He has a lot of enemies in the company. 他在公司里有很多对头。 | |
After just one day, she had already made an enemy of her manager. 刚过一天她就已经与经理为敌了。 | |
It is rare to find a prominent politician with few political enemies . 没有什么政敌的杰出从政者是罕见的。 | |
The state has a duty to protect its citizens against external enemies. 国家有义务保护本国公民不受外敌侵犯。 | |
Birds are the natural enemies of many insect pests(= they kill them) . 鸟类是许多害虫的天敌。 |
2. | [singspv] 敌国；敌军；敌兵a country that you are fighting a war against; the soldiers, etc. of this country |
The enemy was/were forced to retreat. 敌军被迫撤退了。 | |
enemy forces/aircraft/territory 敌军；敌机；敌方领土 | |
behind enemy lines(= the area controlled by the enemy) 在敌后 |
3. | [c] ~ (of sth) 危害物；大敌anything that harms sth or prevents it from being successful |
Poverty and ignorance are the enemies of progress. 贫穷和愚昧阻碍进步。 |
