1A person who is extremely opposed or hostile to someone or something.
大敌，主要敌人
the twins were arch-enemies
这对双胞胎是冤家。
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It sounds like the kind of agreement arch-enemies might come to when they realise they have to get along to gain mutual benefits.
One would think that a leader who has brought about a historic detente with an arch-enemy would be cheered and feted by his people.
Just two days earlier he was threatening his arch-enemy with death.
But to some, it still hurts to survive on the generosity of the arch-enemy.
France and Germany, former arch-enemies, had found a solution to their problems regarding the Saarland.
Once in Neverland, they become enmeshed in Peter's war with his arch-enemy, the nefarious Captain Hook.
Everyone knows that a hero is only as interesting as his arch-enemy and the bad guy in this film, while amusing, isn't particularly interesting.
Howie, in a fit of apt casting, played Dr. Sivana, the arch-enemy of Captain Marvel.
The designer who created the game, Yuji Naka - president and CEO of Sonic Team - is busy these days doing what would have been anathema a year ago: making a Sonic variant for a former arch-enemy, Nintendo.
The young boy can't believe that he will have to show up at the neighbourhood rink in the blue and white colours of the arch-enemy!
It belonged to Alicia Johnson, my arch-enemy ever since the second grade when she poured milk in my hair and pulled the ‘rubber spider trick’ on me.
And in a fascinating twist on the Superman story, the show's creators imagine a childhood friendship between Clark and his future arch-enemy, Lex Luthor.
1.1the Arch-enemyThe Devil.
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I hear the arch-enemy making his way down the hall now.
Everyone knows the story of the baby born in a manger in Bethlehem but few are familiar with His arch enemy - Satan.
At the heart of the plot is a core of born-again Christians who form a resistance movement against the ultimate arch-enemy, Satan.