n.
    
      - 敵人,仇敵[C]
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Don't make an 
enemy of him.
不要與他為敵。
 
      - 敵軍[the S][G]
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The 
enemy was/were attacking the town.
敵軍正在攻打該城。
The 
enemy gave up without resistance.
敵軍沒有抵抗就投降了。
 
      - 敵艦;敵國;敵機[C]
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The 
enemy was shot down by our anti-aircraft fire.
敵機被我方的高射砲火擊落。
 
      - 大敵;大害;危害物[S1]
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Frost is an 
enemy of flowers.
霜凍是花卉的大敵。
 
    
    a.
    
      - 敵人的,敵方的
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Enemy aircraft were detected by our radar.
敵機被我方雷達發現。
  
    
   
  片語
  
    Better an open enemy than a false friend.
    
      - 虛假的朋友比公開的敵人更可怕。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
 (pl. enemies)
 a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something. 
▸
(the enemy)
 
[treated as sing. or pl.]
 a hostile nation or its armed forces in time of war.
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. enemi, from L. inimicus, from in- ‘not’ + amicus ‘friend’.