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inimical

/ih-nim-i-kuhl/US // ɪˈnɪm ɪ kəl //UK // (ɪˈnɪmɪkəl) //

对立的,对等的,对立面,对立

Related Words

hostile有敌意的,敌对的,怀有敌意的,敌对性的harmful有害的,有害,不利的adverse不利的,不利于,不利,有害的unfriendly不友好,不友好的,不友善的,不友善opposed对立的,反对的,被反对的,反对的是unfavorable不利的,不利于,不利,不良destructive破坏性的,破坏性,毁灭性的,毁坏性的injurious有害的,伤害性,有害,损害性antipathetic反感,反感者,反感的,反感的人disaffected心灰意冷,心灰意冷的人,心灰意冷的,心灰意懒hurtful伤人的,伤人,伤害性的,伤害人的ill弊病,生病,弊端,错noxious有害的,有毒的,有害,有毒pernicious恶毒的,恶性,害人的,恶性的repugnant可憎的,厌恶的,可恶的,厌恶ill-disposed不良反应,病态的,病态,不善的inimicable可模仿性,可模仿的,可模仿,拟态oppugnant反对者,反对派,敌对的,反对的人unwelcoming不欢迎,不受欢迎,不受欢迎的,不受欢迎的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.
    • : unfriendly; hostile: a cold, inimical gaze.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.antagonistic, contrary
Synonyms
adverse不利的,不利于,不利,有害的destructive破坏性的,破坏性,毁灭性的,毁坏性的harmful有害的,有害,不利的hostile有敌意的,敌对的,怀有敌意的,敌对性的injurious有害的,伤害性,有害,损害性opposed对立的,反对的,被反对的,反对的是unfavorable不利的,不利于,不利,不良unfriendly不友好,不友好的,不友善的,不友善antipathetic反感,反感者,反感的,反感的人disaffected心灰意冷,心灰意冷的人,心灰意冷的,心灰意懒hurtful伤人的,伤人,伤害性的,伤害人的ill弊病,生病,弊端,错ill-disposed不良反应,病态的,病态,不善的inimicable可模仿性,可模仿的,可模仿,拟态noxious有害的,有毒的,有害,有毒oppugnant反对者,反对派,敌对的,反对的人pernicious恶毒的,恶性,害人的,恶性的repugnant可憎的,厌恶的,可恶的,厌恶unwelcoming不欢迎,不受欢迎,不受欢迎的,不受欢迎的人

Examples

  • Loujain al-Hathloul, the activist who fought for years to get women the right to drive — granted in 2019 — was sentenced to a five-year prison term in 2020, ostensibly for relations with foreign organizations inimical to Riyadh.

  • In societies where dominant cultural mores remain inimical to progressive ideals, advocates must seize upon the opportunity to make themselves understood and welcome in mainstream discourse.

  • What Trumpism is is a statist, authoritarian ideology that’s inimical to the American precepts of democracy.

  • He felt as though there were dark, sinister forces around him—forces which were inimical to what he conceived to be best in him.

  • The word inimical implies un-amicable, or unfriendly, whence Michael was seemingly the Friend of Man.

  • The sun should reach them only through the vapours of other life than theirs, inimical to them because of their selfishness.

  • Lopez, seeing it in the same light, at last agreed that the story should be told in a manner not inimical to himself.

  • The residents here are Americans by connection and by interest, and are inimical to Great Britain.

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