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单词 enmity
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Definition of enmity in English:

enmity

nounPlural enmities ˈɛnmɪtiˈɛnmədi
mass noun
  • A state or feeling of active opposition or hostility.

    decades of enmity between the two countries
    count noun family feuds and enmities

    家族世仇和敌视。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At least, we don't feel enmity toward fellow human beings very often.
    • Their feud dates back almost two centuries with a level of enmity that has only gathered strength over the passing years.
    • Welles did indeed have enemies, although he had done his best to earn their enmity.
    • By far the person radiating the most resentment and enmity was Will.
    • There may, however, be more to the conflict than just historical enmity.
    • The locals said the family has no strong enmity with the accused.
    • There had been a few attempts to sedate enmity in advance.
    • The enmity of the tribes was old, and with independence their anxieties about one another became acute.
    • In other cases, there would be fierce debate, enmity and bitter recrimination.
    • There he drove home his message that this had to be the focus if the decades of enmity between the countries were to be ended.
    • It was a military truce, but of course the political enmity persisted.
    • The two debates engaged major personalities in the discipline and a similar degree of enmity and venom.
    • What are the sources of enmity against us, and how could those sources be reduced?
    • Blood is shed everywhere and millions perish as victims of enmity.
    • I promise to refrain from taking part in feuds and quarrels and from creating enmity.
    • Further change may even see the disappearance of religious enmity from our press boxes - or maybe that's too much to ask.
    • This was also brought on by the bitter enmity between many players and their employers.
    • Indeed there is a long history of mutual enmity between the two countries which dates back some 400 years.
    • The gaiety with which they had set out had somehow vanished; and yet there was no enmity or malice between them.
    • Years of hatred and enmity were unleashed in the suicidal battle over Mongolia.
    Synonyms
    hostility, animosity, antagonism, friction, antipathy, animus, opposition, dissension, rivalry, feud, conflict, discord, contention
    acrimony, bitterness, rancour, resentment, aversion, dislike, ill feeling, bad feeling, ill will, bad blood, hatred, hate, loathing, detestation, abhorrence, odium
    malice, spite, spitefulness, venom, malevolence, malignity
    grudges, grievances
    British informal needle

Origin

Middle English: from Old French enemi(s)tie, based on Latin inimicus (see enemy).

Definition of enmity in US English:

enmity

nounˈenmədēˈɛnmədi
  • The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

    敌意,仇恨;敌对,不和

    decades of enmity between the two countries
    family feuds and enmities

    家族世仇和敌视。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The gaiety with which they had set out had somehow vanished; and yet there was no enmity or malice between them.
    • It was a military truce, but of course the political enmity persisted.
    • There he drove home his message that this had to be the focus if the decades of enmity between the countries were to be ended.
    • Their feud dates back almost two centuries with a level of enmity that has only gathered strength over the passing years.
    • Further change may even see the disappearance of religious enmity from our press boxes - or maybe that's too much to ask.
    • The two debates engaged major personalities in the discipline and a similar degree of enmity and venom.
    • There may, however, be more to the conflict than just historical enmity.
    • Years of hatred and enmity were unleashed in the suicidal battle over Mongolia.
    • In other cases, there would be fierce debate, enmity and bitter recrimination.
    • The enmity of the tribes was old, and with independence their anxieties about one another became acute.
    • Blood is shed everywhere and millions perish as victims of enmity.
    • Welles did indeed have enemies, although he had done his best to earn their enmity.
    • The locals said the family has no strong enmity with the accused.
    • This was also brought on by the bitter enmity between many players and their employers.
    • Indeed there is a long history of mutual enmity between the two countries which dates back some 400 years.
    • What are the sources of enmity against us, and how could those sources be reduced?
    • I promise to refrain from taking part in feuds and quarrels and from creating enmity.
    • At least, we don't feel enmity toward fellow human beings very often.
    • By far the person radiating the most resentment and enmity was Will.
    • There had been a few attempts to sedate enmity in advance.
    Synonyms
    hostility, animosity, antagonism, friction, antipathy, animus, opposition, dissension, rivalry, feud, conflict, discord, contention

Origin

Middle English: from Old French enemi(s)tie, based on Latin inimicus (see enemy).

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