adversary
英 ['ædvəs(ə)rɪ]
美['ædvɚsɛri]
- n. 对手；敌手
词态变化
复数: adversaries;
助记提示
1、ad- "to" + vers- + -ary.
2、含义：turned toward, fronting, facing, turned against. => hostile, adverse, unfavorable.
3、=> opponent, adversary, rival, enemy; opposite, hostile, contrary.
2、含义：turned toward, fronting, facing, turned against. => hostile, adverse, unfavorable.
3、=> opponent, adversary, rival, enemy; opposite, hostile, contrary.
英英释意
- 1. someone who offers opposition
英文词源
- adversary (n.)
- mid-14c., aduersere, from Anglo-French adverser (13c.), Old French adversaire "adversary, opponent, enemy," or directly from Latin adversarius "opponent, adversary, rival," noun use of adjective meaning "opposite, hostile, contrary," literally "turned toward one," from adversus "turned against" (see adverse). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by wiðerbroca.
实用场景例句
- Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary...
- 埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His political adversaries were creating a certain amount of trouble for him.
- 他的政敌正在给他制造一些麻烦。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She be implacable an adversary as a wife suing for alimony.
- 有如诉讼要求赡养费的妻子一样,她是个难以折衷的对手.
期刊摘选
- The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.
- 第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的.
期刊摘选
- He was dismayed at the size of his adversary.
- 对手的魁伟身材使他丧失了勇气.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Oh give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain.
- 诗108:12求你帮助我们攻击敌人 、 因为人的帮助是枉然的.
期刊摘选
- These verbs mean to get the better of an adversary.
- 这些动词都表示战胜对手的意思.
期刊摘选
- He saw her as his main adversary within the company.
- 他将她视为公司中主要的对手.
《简明英汉词典》
- His principal adversary was David.
- 他的主要敌手是大卫.
期刊摘选
- The football team was defeated and left in disarray by a strong adversary.
- 这支足球队一遇强劲对手就立即溃乱不堪了.
期刊摘选
- He pounced on the adversary with all his strength.
- 他用出全身气力向对手猛扑过去.
期刊摘选
- And George Bush's departure from the White House has removed a common adversary.
- 乔治·布什的离开还使他们少了一个共同的对手.
期刊摘选
- Respect for rules and regulations, respect for the adversary, fair competition, value the team's honor.
- 尊重规则, 尊重对手, 公平竞争, 珍视团队荣誉.
期刊摘选
- And John Dirui answers his adversary feebly day.
- 而他的对手约翰·迪瑞则无力回天.
期刊摘选
- Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was contrary to me.
- 看哪, 是我出来敌挡你的, 因为你对着我逆行了路.
期刊摘选
- But I want to stress that it comes not from an adversary but from a friend.
- 不过我想强调的是,它们不是来自对手,而是来自朋友.
期刊摘选
- The adversary system is a means of seeking truth and justice.
- 对抗制是一种寻求真相与正义的方法.
期刊摘选
- They tell me, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
- 先生, 他们说我们力量弱小, 不是这强敌的对.
期刊摘选
- However, current doctrine of adversary hearing in civil procedure is far away from perfection.
- 但是我国当前民事诉讼中的辩论主义存在诸多缺陷.
期刊摘选
- At every stage he gave his adversary time for reflection and reappraisal.
- 他在每个阶段都让对手有时间去进行深思熟虑并重行估计问题.
辞典例句
- Both of the wrestlers tried to tumble the adversary with all their strength.
- 双方摔跤运动员都使出了全身气力想把对手摔倒.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The citadel became an against the sanctuary, and a wicked adversary to Israel at all times.
- 为圣殿常是一种威胁, 为以色列人民常是一个恶敌.
期刊摘选
- He was as devious as his adversary was ruthless.
- 他的对手冷酷,他也同样阴险.
《简明英汉词典》
- I am treat sung singer, wait for adversary to surpass only sing.
- 我是一名待唱的歌手, 只等对手来赛唱.
期刊摘选
- Treat your adversary with respect is give him an advantage to which he is not entitled.
- 以尊敬之礼对待敌手,等于与之以无资格承受的(不相称)好处.
期刊摘选
- They regarded him as a potential adversary.
- 他们把他看成是潜在的对手.
期刊摘选
- Our government tends to opperate by adversary procedures.
- 我们政府往往是在不同观点的交锋中进行工作的.
辞典例句
- Witness'testifying before the court is a basic system of modern adversary lawsuit mode.
- 证人出庭作证,是现代对抗式诉讼模式的基本制度.
期刊摘选
- There are some Olympic athletes who ply their will against an omnipresent adversary, gravity.
- 一些运动员需要对抗无所不在的力量, 地球引力.
期刊摘选
- Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary.
- 埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。
柯林斯例句