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animosity

/an-uh-mos-i-tee/US // ˌæn əˈmɒs ɪ ti //UK // (ˌænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ) //

敌意,仇视,敌视,仇恨

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·i·mos·i·ties.

    • : a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one's neighbor.

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Examples

  • One of the most toxic is racial animosity — resentment and anger that take shape as the belief that people of another race aren’t like you, can’t be trusted and don’t deserve what you deserve.

  • Whitsell wrote that Democrats only pursued the impeachment because of their animosity to the president and the party’s “long program” to damage any critics.

  • A criminal investigation found ongoing internal animosity at eBay toward the bloggers, who sometimes had been critical of eBay in their coverage.

  • Rivalry, animosity, and ego have long been hallmarks of the bird world.

  • After weeks of violent play and increasing animosity comes one of the sports world’s great shows of sportsmanship and respect.

  • But the animosity between the community and law enforcement is nothing new.

  • Is it weird to see all the current animosity between the U.S. and Russia now?

  • The result created quite a bit of “animosity and bad blood.”

  • It is this mindless atrocity, driven by both avarice and animosity, that is at play in the film.

  • But animosity started in the1920s, with Jewish-Arab clashes.

  • Hilda impetuously turned her head; their glances met for an instant, in suspicion, challenge, animosity.

  • The animosity to the Dutch mingled itself both with the animosity to standing armies and with the animosity to Crown grants.

  • Animosity is resolute even in its caprices; it has few facilities for disguise and but little capacity for assumption.

  • There was therefore not the same animosity in their struggle as there might have been had the religious question entered it.

  • Frederick's animosity reached its highest pitch at that time, and we now know the full extent of the malady.