enemy
gb/ˈɛnəmi/ us/ˈɛnəmi/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 2000
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
A hostile person or group
A person or group who wants to harm or fight you.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone]'s enemy
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'enemy' with 'opponent'. 'Opponent' can be neutral and only about competition, while 'enemy' implies hostility or harm.
คำพ้องความหมาย
opponent (Often used for someone you compete against, not always hostile.)
|
adversary (Formal term for an opponent, especially in conflict or competition.)
คำตรงข้าม
ally (Someone who supports and helps you, often in opposition to a common enemy.)
|
friend (A person with whom you have a positive and supportive relationship.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
sworn enemy
|make enemies
|former enemy
|enemy forces
|enemy territory
หัวข้อ
conflict
|relationships
|politics
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The two countries have been enemies for decades.
- She considered her rival at work to be her enemy.
- The soldiers prepared to face the enemy on the battlefield.
- He vowed never to forgive his enemy.
- The spy was caught by enemy agents.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- That man is my enemy.
- The two men are enemies.
- We must fight the enemy.
- The enemy is coming.
- She has many enemies.
คำนาม
B1
entity
2
Something harmful or destructive
Something that hurts or makes a situation worse for someone.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] is the enemy of [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may not realize this is a figurative use and try to interpret it literally.
คำพ้องความหมาย
threat (Something likely to cause damage or danger.)
|
danger (A situation or thing that could cause harm.)
คำตรงข้าม
benefit (Something that helps or improves a situation.)
|
friend (In figurative use, something friendly or helpful.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
public enemy
|enemy of progress
|enemy of health
หัวข้อ
conflict
|health
|metaphor
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Laziness is the enemy of success.
- Pollution is the enemy of clean air.
- Fear can be your greatest enemy.
- Debt became his lifelong enemy.
- Ignorance is the enemy of progress.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Sugar is the enemy of good health.
- Cold weather is the enemy of plants.
- Fear is my enemy.
- Noise is the enemy of sleep.
- Smoke is the enemy of clean air.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
enemy
IPA
GB/ˈɛnəmi/
US/ˈɛnəmi/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
en - emy (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (en)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: enemy
- Plural: enemies
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
make enemies
1/mˈeɪk ˈɛnəmiz/
fixed phrase
Cause people to dislike you strongly
To do things that make people dislike or hate you.
ตัวอย่าง
- If you speak too harshly, you'll make enemies quickly.
- He made enemies by refusing to compromise.
public enemy number one
1/pˈʌblɪk ˈɛnəmi nˈʌmbɚ wˈʌn/
fixed phrase
Most dangerous criminal or threat
The most dangerous person or thing at a certain time.
ตัวอย่าง
- During the 1930s, he was public enemy number one.
- Inflation has become public enemy number one for the government.
sleep is the enemy
1/slˈip ˈɪz ðə ˈɛnəmi/
fixed phrase
informal
Belief that sleep wastes time
A joking way to say you want to stay awake and do more things instead of sleeping.
ตัวอย่าง
- During exam week, she said sleep is the enemy.
- Gamers often joke that sleep is the enemy.
the enemy within
1/ðə ˈɛnəmi wɪðˈɪn/
fixed phrase
Harmful force inside a group
A person or thing inside a group that causes harm to it.
ตัวอย่าง
- Corruption is the enemy within our organization.
- They fear the enemy within more than outside threats.