adversary

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/|/ˈæd.və.s(ə)ɹi/|/ædˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/|/ədˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/    美 /ˈæd.vəɹˌsɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person, group, or thing that opposes or attacks another person or group; an opponent or rival.
    — He prepared to fight his adversary.

词形变化

adversaries plural

词汇关系

反义词
hero ally

词源

From Middle English adversarie, from Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret) and Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (“turned toward”). By surface analysis, adverse + -ary.
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