enemy
['ɛnəmɪ]
n. 敌, 仇敌, 敌

a. 敌

[] 敌, 敌, 敌

1. The enemy was forced to retreat.
   敌被迫撤退。
2. This defeat was a powerful blow to the enemy.
   次败敌击。
3. The city is held by the enemy.
   座市已被敌领。

enemy
[ noun ]

1. an opposing military force

<noun.group>
the enemy attacked at dawn

2. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

<noun.person>
a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies

3. any hostile group of people

<noun.group>
he viewed lawyers as the real enemy

4. a personal enemy

<noun.person>
they had been political foes for years

Enemy \En"e*my\, a.
Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]

They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. --Jer.
Taylor.


Enemy \En"e*my\, n.; pl. {Enemies}. [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from
L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See {Amicable}.]
One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or
attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an
enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.

To all good he enemy was still. --Spenser.

I say unto you, Love your enemies. --Matt. v. 44.

{The enemy} (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is
construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular
or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we
have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.

It was difficult in such a country to track the
enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay.
--Macaulay.

Syn: Foe; antagonist; opponent. See {Adversary}.