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frenemy

/fren-uh-mee/US // ˈfrɛn ə mi //

敌人,仇人,仇敌,敌军

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Informal. a person or group that is friendly toward another because the relationship brings benefits, but harbors feelings of resentment or rivalry: Clearly, turning the competition into frenemies is good for your business.

Examples

  • Cady Heron, the frenemy responsible for her misguided nutritional plan, replies in the affirmative.

  • Muting sidesteps the awkwardness of a full unfriending, and leaves the door open so you can still reach out to your frenemy.

  • Everyone’s a frenemy now, and everyone’s in everyone else’s business.

  • Without its Korean frenemy, the company will have to switch to a new megasupplier.

  • This episode illuminates the omnipresent peril the current president faces in having such a high-profile, high-octane frenemy.

  • "From far away, she's OK," as Clueless' Cher (Alicia Silverstone) famously explains of her frenemy, Amber.

  • I don't really count going to 1Oak as being a socialite," sniffs a woman who refers to Snowdon-Jones as her "frenemy.

  • Gwyneth had a frenemy once and was troubled at the joy she felt when this person suffered a terrible public humiliation.