词为我用 - enmity

词汇释义 

enmity  TEM8   IELTS   GRE

UK  /ˈen.mə.ti/ US  /ˈen.mə.t̬i/

noun, Enmity is a feeling of hatred towards someone that lasts for a long time.敌意，仇恨，愤恨

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外刊例句 

1. Chess, he pronounced, is “a waste of time and money and a cause for hatred and enmity between players.”(TheEconomist)

2. The enmity, some industry analysts said, didn’t do Comcast any favors with regulators this year with its failed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable, which collapsed under regulatory pressure.(New York Times)

3. And in both countries, longstanding enmity with the US as well as serious and ongoing human rights issues will not likely disappear overnight.(Forbes)

4. The simmering enmity exploded on Thursday when the two broadcasters unveiled their first tranche of live matches for the opening weeks of the season.(The Guardian)

5.Both men are keenly aware of the value of headlines, but this is not pantomime enmity: it's born of fierce competition – and it's personal.(The Guardian)

6. Blood is shed and money is exchanged -- there’s heavy betting on the outcomes -- but the enmity doesn’t abate.(BusinessWeek)

7.One thing Owens apparently earned is the enmity of many men who own gold jackets.(Washington Times)

8. This is an enmity with roots that run far deeper than mere sport: Rangers and Celtic is not soccer, it is religion and politics and history.(New York Times)

9. They shook hands at the wall -- this is a rivalry built on mutual respect, not trash-talking or enmity -- then looked up at the times on a huge video screen.(Los Angeles Times)

10. It’s an enmity that’s seen supporters from both clubs hurl fists and insults as a means of proving which team best represents the five boroughs.(The Guardian)

11. You’d think whatever initial enmity he felt would be softened by the years and growing maturity, but no.(Los Angeles Times)

12. It was a moving gesture considering the massive enmity between Marseille supporters and their Parisian counterparts.(Washington Times)

词汇搭配 

bitter, age-old, lasting, long-standing, old, traditional, undying, personal enmity

earn (sb), incur, put aside enmity

enmity, between, towards/ toward 

词汇家族

enmities 

词汇来源 

late 14c., "hostile feeling, rivalry, malice; internal conflict," from Old French enemite, variant of enemistié "enmity, hostile act, aversion" (Modern French inimité), from Vulgar Latin *inimicitatem (nominative *inimicitas), from Latin inimicitia "enmity, hostility," usually plural, from inimicus "enemy" (see enemy). Amity is basically the same word without the negative prefix.

近义词 

animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, gall, grudge, hostility, jaundice, rancor,estrangement, conflict, discord, friction, strain, tension, inhospitableness, unfriendliness, malice, malignancy, malignity, spite, spitefulness, venom

反义词 

amity, amiability, amicability, civility, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality, neighborliness, comity, empathy, friendship, goodwill, sympathy, understanding