| 词汇 | foe |
| 释义 | foe noun[ C ] literaryuk /fəʊ/ us /foʊ/ an enemy: 对手，敌手 The two countries have united against their common foe.两国联合起来对抗共同的敌人。 bitter foeThey were bitter foes for many years.他们结仇多年。 foe ofFoes of the government will be delighting in its current difficulties.政府的敌人会对政府目前的困难处境幸灾乐祸。 friend or foe a phrase used to ask or talk about whether or not someone is your enemy or whether or not someone or something will harm you: He was still uncertain whether the soldiers were friend or foe as they led him to a hilltop village. Enemies & rivals adversary antagonist arch-enemy deadly enemy enemy frenemy nemesis opponent rival scalp sworn enemy them them and usidiom FoE noun uk /ˌef.əʊˈiː/ us /ˌef.oʊˈiː/ abbreviation forFriends of the Earth地球之友（一个国际环保组织，Friends of the Earth的缩写） Named organizations & societies & their members AFC AMA beaver Beaversphrase BMA CND mafia mason Masonic masonry MLB MLS OPEC Oxfam ranger scout the IOC the Ordnance Survey the Red Crescent the Red Cross foe | American Dictionaryfoe noun[ C ] us/foʊ/ an enemy, or a competitor: Foes of the plan were there to voice their concerns. Examples of foefoe All good protagonists require a formidable foe, and the foe of modern portfolio theory is behavioral finance. The legitimacy of partisan control might be enhanced through certain strategies for dealing with potential foes of the ruling party. Nonconvexities and externalities have always been seen as enduring foes of the decentralized private-ownership economy. This approach coexisted with the rough handling of political foes and secessionist elements in border states. Homogeneous suburbs gave the foes of activist government a venue in which to adapt their antigovernment ideology to the new conditions of postwar life. As the chapters roll by, battle after battle is won, foe after foe vanquished. They find it very hard to tell friend from foe, real targets from decoys, objectives that are worth combating from every kind of clutter. Activists mobilized to oppose the forest law, taking strident positions against a clear foe, while forming coalitions some of which crossed government/activist lines. How does a "middle power" confronted by multiple foes safeguard its security? Polish women did not suspect that their own foe might appear as liberator, friend or lesser evil to their neighbors. It meant that future proposals for national health insurance would face a new and powerful foe. Sometimes, they stumbled into enemy territory because they did not know where the foe was, or even exactly where they themselves were. His foes used vagueness, never precision in their allegations. She had never gone out in the open, and looked her foe full in the eyes, hardy, resolute, patient, and steadfast. A second area of interest is related to the images of the allies, the friends and the foes. See all examples of foe 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. |
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