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foe

/foh/US // foʊ //UK // (fəʊ) //

冤家,仇人,敌人,仇敌

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
    • : a military enemy; hostile army.
    • : a person belonging to a hostile army or nation.
    • : an opponent in a game or contest; adversary: a political foe.
    • : a person who is opposed in feeling, principle, etc., to something: a foe to progress in civil rights.
    • : a thing that is harmful to or destructive of something: Sloth is the foe of health.

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Examples

  • He should also be remembered for being an early and eloquent foe of Nazism.

  • There has been no greater foe of campaign finance reform than Mitch McConnell over the years.

  • Pro-bank conservatives face a predictable foe in the anti-corporate left.

  • There was no high tech foe in Iraq or Afghanistan, and over Libya, the Raptor was not the right jet for the task.

  • In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia was the most eager to see an attack on Syria, a long-time political foe.

  • At last, tired of fighting an unseen foe, the men arose to their feet, and with a wild cheer sprang forward.

  • Be this as it may, his conduct during the campaign justified the suspicion with which he was regarded by friend and foe.

  • Soult, by every effort of voice and gesture, attempted to force his veterans to face the foe, but in vain.

  • As his system is the foe of all artificial methods, it is par excellence the “Natural” System.

  • To be sure, I could not see where he could be of much assistance; but we had a common aim and a common foe.