foe
noun/fəʊ/
/fəʊ/
(old-fashioned or formal)- an enemy
敌人；仇敌 - She was unsure as yet whether he was friend or foe.
她还不确定他是敌是友。
Extra Examples- He knew that Carlton could be an implacable foe.
他明白卡尔顿可能会成为他的死敌。 - His newspaper articles criticized friend and foe alike.
他在报纸上发表的批评文章不论敌友，一视同仁。 - In the final, they will play against their old foes, Italy.
决赛中，他们将对阵老对手意大利队。 - She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes.
她身经百战，挫败过很多对手。 - to join forces against a common foe
联合起来对付共同的敌人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bitter
- dangerous
- deadly
- …
- defeat
- vanquish
- fight
- …
- against a foe
- friend and foe
- friend or foe
Word OriginOld English fāh ‘hostile’ and gefā ‘enemy’, of West Germanic origin; related to feud. - She was unsure as yet whether he was friend or foe.