arch-enemy
noun[C]
uk/ˌɑːtʃˈen.ə.mi/us/ˌɑːrtʃˈen.ə.mi/anespeciallybadenemy
主要敌人；大敌；死敌Enemies & rivals
- adversary
- antagonist
- enemy
- foe
- frenemy
- nemesis
- opponent
- rival
- scalp
- sworn enemy
- them
- them and usidiom
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It is in the excuses that are trotted out to account for thearch-enemyinflation.
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They had come to trust us and now we had to break the trust and send them back to theirarch-enemy.
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Now thisarch-enemyhas been humbled to the dust, and on his own admission has been made to see the error of his ways.
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He has become thearch-enemyof mankind.
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Hisarch-enemywas a female demon named "ala" (plural: "ale"), whose main activity was to lead storm and hail clouds over fields to destroy crops.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two cousins have to spend a spell in service to qualify for an inheritance, but they find themselves in the same house as theirarch-enemy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although his last team was the traditionalarch-enemyof his new squad, he slowly became popular among his new fans.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Soon she came to regard the aircraft as anarch-enemywhich thwarted attacks on convoys by hovering overhead and guiding possible targets around the submarine, out of firing range.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many would seek to demonise centre-right politics, capitalism and business as the arch-enemies of environmental welfare.
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He has long been in the habit of treating property owners as arch-enemies in the class war.
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