foe
英 [fəʊ] 美 [foʊ]

n.

敌人，仇敌；危害物；反对者；

变形

复数：foes

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]敌人,仇敌 an enemy

英英释义

foe[ 'fəu ]

• n.
  • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

    同义词：enemyfoemanopposition

  • a personal enemy

    "they had been political foes for years"

    同义词：enemy

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• face a foe面对敌人
• meet a deadly foe迎战死敌
• push one's foe追击敌人

形容词+～

• a bitter foe死敌
• a dangerous foe危险的敌人

名词+～

• a fruit foe水果的敌害

～+介词

• the foe of the plan反对这项计划的人

词组短语

friend or foe朋友还是敌人；是敌还是友

friend and foe朋友和敌人

同近义词辨析

enemy, opponent, rival, foe, competitor

这组词都有“对手，敌手”的意思，其区别是：

enemy多指充满敌意的仇敌。

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”。

rival指与某人目标一致而想赶上或超过他的人，匹敌者。

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。

competitor指为同一目标或目的竞争者，一般无感情色彩。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The knight was murdered by his foes.
   那位骑士被他的敌人谋杀了。
2. A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.
   勇敢的敌人胜过懦怯的朋友。
3. She was unsure as yet whether he was friend or foe.
   她还不确定他究竟是敌是友。
4. They were all humbled by kobe who is their foe.
   视他为仇敌的对手在他面前依旧得低头。
5. Blood of the enemy forcibly taken, you will resurrect your foe.
   强行夺取的仇人之血，将使你的仇敌复活！

权威例句

Friend-or-Foe Q-learning in General-Sum Games
Nrf2: friend or foe for chemoprevention?
Nuclear factor-κB: a friend or a foe in cancer?
Nuclear factor-kappaB: a friend or a foe in cancer?
Lentiviral vectors: turning a deadly foe into a therapeutic agent
Autophagy in neurodegenerative disease: friend, foe or turncoat?
ESH Hypertension Excellence Centres: A new strategy to combat an old foe
The Desmoplastic Reaction in Pancreatic Cancer: An Increasingly Recognised Foe
Targeting Inflammatory Pathways for Prevention and Therapy of Cancer: Short-Term Friend, Long-Term Foe
The transcription factor TTF-1 is expressed at the onset of thyroid and lung morphogenesis and in restricted regions of the foetal b...