foe

• n. 敌人；反对者；危害物

来自PIE*peig, 敌对的，敌视的，词源同feud, fiend.

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

"a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

2. a personal enemy;

"they had been political foes for years"

foe

foe: [OE] Foe is the modern descendant of the Old English noun gefā ‘enemy’, a derivative of Germanic *faikh-. This also produced the Old English adjective fāh ‘hostile’, and was the ultimate source of modern English feud.
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foe (n.)

Old English gefea, gefa "foe, enemy, adversary in a blood feud" (the prefix denotes "mutuality"), from adjective fah "at feud, hostile," also "guilty, criminal," from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (cognates: Old High German fehan "to hate," Gothic faih "deception"), probably from PIE root *peig- (2) "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile" (cognates: Sanskrit pisunah "malicious," picacah "demon;" Greek pikros "bitter;" Latin piget "it irks, troubles, displeases," piger "reluctant, lazy;" Lithuanian piktas "wicked, angry," pekti "to blame"). Weaker sense of "adversary" is first recorded c. 1600.

opponent, competitor, enemy, foe, rival

这些名词均有"对手，敌手"之意。

opponent： 最常用词，通常指在争论、辩论、竞选或竞赛以及其它各种矛盾冲突中站在对立面的"对手"或"敌手"。

competitor： 指为同一目标或目的竞争者，一般无感情色彩。

enemy： 多指充满敌意的仇敌。

foe： 语气较强，多用于书面文字和诗歌中。指不仅敌对，而且很危险，怀有很深的敌意。

rival： 指与某人目标一致而想赶上或超过他的人，匹敌者。

The most promising strategy has become to harness one foe against the other.

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It has been available even in the most mundane of life situations to show you right from wrong,good from bad,friend from foe.

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With power and to spare we must pursue the tottering foe.

宜将剩勇追穷寇.

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The stag at bay is a dangerous foe.

穷寇勿追.

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The devil is a defeated foe.

魔鬼是已被击败的敌人.

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A Paladin's justice a thing from which no foe can escape.

一个圣骑士的公正是没有任何敌人能够逃避的.

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Hatred with friend is succour to foe.

亲者痛,仇者快.

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It is great to change foe to friend.

把仇雠变为朋友,这该多好啊.

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Our foe is a deadly enemy!

我们的敌人是一个劲敌!

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His poetry and the play obtained people's praise at that time, including its foe FuShe writer.

他的诗歌和戏剧在当时就得到了人们的称许, 包括其仇敌复社文人在内.

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Spurred on, they joined in battle and defeated the foe.

他们备受鼓舞,投入战斗,打败了敌人.

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A friend is a friend ; a foe is a foe; one must be clearly distinguished from the other.

敌是敌,友是 友, 必须分清界限.

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Fanatics are great against a sheer cannon inspired foe.

狂热者躲避炮弹很出色.

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She's friend asas foe, and I'd probably miss her if she left.

她集朋友和敌人于一身,如果她离开了, 我就会挂念她.

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He has won the victory and defeated every foe.

他已得胜,他已打败了敌人.

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Hope creates a heaven for us , Despair makes ahell foe us.

一线希望造天堂, 千般绝望坠地狱.

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And my foe beheld It'shine.

我的敌人看到它闪光.

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He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.

他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌.

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Foe man is man and master of his futa.

人就是人,是自己命运的主人.

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Any man or State who marches with Hitler is our foe.

任何一个与希特勒同流合污的人或国家,都是我们的敌人.

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She turned to face her last foe.

她转身面对最后一个对手.

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How long will the enemy mock you, O God? Will the foe revile your name forever?

10神阿,敌人辱骂要到几时呢? 仇敌亵渎你的名,要到永远 吗 ?

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Aye, that's a good weapon, balanced against any foe.

啊, 那是一件很好的武器, 可以和任何敌人抗衡.

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He makes no friend who never makes a foe.

不树敌,难交友.

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I do not know it is well foe me or not, but and lose the fight!

我这样是好还是不好呢,我自己也不知, 但是觉得有点颓废,再这样下去我会丧失斗志的!

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Shakur loses his fragile grip on reality and starts blasting away at friends and foe alike.

沙库尔丧失了对形势仅存的一点判断，无论对敌对友都开始大加挞伐。

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