Tra từ enemy - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also FRIEND
- a person who hates and tries to harm sb/sth: enemy
Being a politician, he makes many enemies. ◎ Andrew used to be a good friend of mine, but now we're bitter enemies.
- to dislike sb strongly: hate sb; nouns (U): hatred, hate
Religious hatred was tearing the country apart. ◎ The victim's parents felt nothing but hate for the murderer. ◎ love and hate
- unfriendly feelings towards sb/sth: ill feeling (noun U), hostility (noun U); adjective: hostile
There's a lot of ill feeling about the decision to close the factory. ◎ She was full of hostility towards me. ◎ a hostile attitude/look/intention
- to cause sb to become sb's enemy: turn sb against sb
That woman is turning him against us.
- to make sb angry so that they become your enemy: antagonize sb
Don't antagonize your boss - you may regret it!
※ in a war
- (in a war) the army or country that your country is fighting against: (the) enemy (with singular or plural verb)
The enemy was/were advancing on all fronts. ◎ under attack from enemy aircraft
- either of two groups of people who fight against each other: side
Don't shoot him; he's on our side!
※ fighting and war FIGHT, WAR
※ helping the enemy
- to give secret information to your enemy to help them defeat your country, army, etc: betray sb/sth; noun (U): betrayal
You have betrayed your country. ◎ an act of betrayal
- the act of causing harm to sb/sth that trusts you: treachery (noun U); adjective: treacherous
an act of treachery ◎ treacherous behaviour
- an act of causing harm to your country by helping its enemies: treason (noun U)
an act of treason ◎ to commit treason
- a person who behaves in a treacherous way or who commits treason: traitor
He is a traitor to his country.