| 词汇 | example_english_potential-enemy |
| 释义 | potential enemycollocation in Englishmeanings of potentialand enemyThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with enemy. potential adjective[before noun] uk /pəˈten.ʃəl/ us /poʊˈten.ʃəl/ possible when the necessary ... See more at potential enemy noun uk /ˈen.ə.mi/ us /ˈen.ə.mi/ a person who hates or opposes another person and tries to harm them or stop them from ... See more at enemy Examples of potential enemyThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The army officer corps was considered the most powerful potentialenemy to the new regime. In such a context the foreigner is too easily simplified into a double-headed beast: the smiling host elsewhere, the potentialenemy at home. An economic exchange with a potentialenemy was regarded as basically problematic, and trade was to be assessed in terms of political and not economic criteria. Our motives are ignored and our actions condemned, while the actions and motives of the potentialenemy are left to go in tacit assent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the point of the deterrent that it must be credible in the mind of the potentialenemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the one thing that matters to the potentialenemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If half the reports which we hear of the submarine force of our potentialenemy are true, it presents an alarming state of affairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We face a potentialenemy who, if it pays him, will stop at nothing and for whom the end justifies the means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a mistake to single out any particular nation and to regard it as your potentialenemy for the next ten years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This must be wise when we consider that we can never match our potentialenemy in terms of manpower. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a country which is our potentialenemy, where labour is scarce, they assembled nearly 500,000 men to carry out defensive preparations in three months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tendency of professional men when dealing with defence problems is always to organise against some potentialenemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could we then provide an effective deterrent which would prevent a potentialenemy from making mincemeat of us, if that enemy so desired? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are facing a potentialenemy which has almost the whole of its army under armour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is well aware that for a deterrent to be effective a potentialenemy must understand that we would actually use it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he want us to tell a potentialenemy precisely how many planes we have? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could we actually do that and could we convince a potentialenemy that we would? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to know what a potentialenemy is capable of doing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At those times, obviously one is justified in trying to prevent strategic commodities from reaching the potentialenemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are also making the mistake of concentrating too much on one potentialenemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? 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