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词汇 example_english_formidable-opponent
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formidable opponent

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meanings of formidableand opponent


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formidable
adjective
uk /fɔːˈmɪd.ə.bəl/ us /fɔːrˈmɪd.ə.bəl/
causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large, powerful, ...
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opponent
noun[C]
uk /əˈpəʊ.nənt/ us /əˈpoʊ.nənt/
a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to ...
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Examples of formidable opponent


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But if it was relatively easy to deal with worker unrest, the peasantry represented a more formidableopponent.
Although he has been a formidableopponent of ours, we are sorry to learn that he has passed away.
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He was a good friend and a formidableopponent.
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He was a formidableopponent, but he was one who always commanded respect.
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I knew him during the greater part of that time as a trenchant and formidableopponent.
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She was a formidableopponent and a politician of total integrity.
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We all know what a formidableopponent he is.
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She is a formidableopponent, and one suspects that she could be a dangerous friend as well.
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He is always courteous and a formidableopponent.
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He is a formidableopponent.
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The badger is a formidableopponent.
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I found out that, as well as being a tough and formidableopponent, he was—as has already been said —a very kind and a very nice man.
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He was a formidableopponent.
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If used appropriately, with high-speed surprise attacks and good use of its exceptional thrust-to-weight ratio, it could be a formidableopponent.
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When up against a formidableopponent, it can protect the user by forming itself into a ball that nothing can penetrate.
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But if he's fighting on the wrong cause, he's a formidableopponent.
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