大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 adversary


释义：

adversary n. 敌手，对手
adj. 对立的，敌对的
[ 复数 adversaries ]

例句：


His rivals knew that they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.

他的竞争者明白，不能期望如此残忍的对手发善心。



The dictionary meaning of the term "opponent" is "adversary"; "enemy "; "one who opposes your interests".

字典里“对手”一词的意思是“敌手”；“敌人”；“与你的利益相悖的人”。



Hugo, consumed with anger and shame, sprang up, seized a cudgel, and came at his small adversary in a fury.

雨果又气又羞，一跃而起，抓起一根棍子，怒气冲冲地向他的小对手扑去。



Hughes virtually ignores Edison's famous contemporary and notorious adversary in the field of electric light and power, George Westinghouse.

休斯实际上忽略了爱迪生在电灯和电力领域的同时代著名的、臭名昭著的对手乔治·威斯汀豪斯。



Certain drugs, however, can produce serious adversary actions.

然而，某些药物会导致严重的对抗行动。



Both of the wrestlers tried to tumble the adversary with all their strength.

双方摔跤运动员都使出了全身气力想把对手摔倒。



Greeley provided a humorous description of himself, written under the pretense that it had been the work of his long-time adversary.

格里利用幽默的话语对自己进行了描述，并假装这是他宿敌的作品。



They will face an old adversary.

他们会面对一个老对手。



He tilted his adversary at the meeting.

他在会议上抨击了对手。



Now, for the first time, Peter began to out-general his adversary.

现在，彼得第一次在统帅能力上超越了他的对手。



Ten years of development has made Winamp an impressive iTunes adversary.

十年的开发使得Winamp成为iTunes强有力的对手



An adversary is anyone who might attempt an attack against another party.

对手是可能发起攻击的任何人。



But this vast and diverse country is already much more than a simple adversary.

但这个庞大和多元化的国家，已经远非一个对手那么简单。



They say the Kyushu exercises are not directed at any particular adversary.

他们说：九州演习不针对任何特定国家。



Peter was challenging his adversary either to attack or abandon the invasion.

彼得在挑战他的对手：要么攻过来，要么放弃入侵。



They tell us, Sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.

先生，他们告诉我们，我们是弱小的——不能应付如此强大的对手。



Mr Gates is only malaria's latest adversary. The parasite has plagued man for millennia.

疟疾祸害人类千年，盖茨先生最近一个反抗它的对手。



This is a dangerous temptation — a refined, not a gross temptation of the adversary.

这是一个很危险的引诱——一个精巧的引诱。



His business rivals knew they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.

他的业务对手都知道不可能指望他这样无情的人会手软。



Yeltsin had kept his Helsinki commitment: NATO’s Cold War adversary was now its partner.

叶利钦遵守了赫尔辛基承诺：冷战时北约的敌人现在成了合作者。



But the paper talks only of a remote but plausible confrontation with "a major-power adversary".

但白皮书只提到与“一个大国对手”遥远却可能的对抗。



Mayola Williams is an example of the power of perseverance over a seemingly unbeatable adversary.

玛约拉·威廉姆斯是以锲而不舍的力量胜过似乎不可战胜对手的榜样。