public enemy number one

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who ranks highest on the federal government's prioritized list of wanted criminal fugitives. US,dated,uncountable
    — John Dillinger, America's Public Enemy No. 1 and the most notorious criminal of recent times, was shot and killed at 10:40 o'clock tonight by Federal agents.
  2. A person, organization, or other object considered to be particularly menacing, harmful, or loathsome. figuratively,uncountable
    — The fact is that Reaganomics slowed down the breakneck economy and succeeded in defeating public enemy number one, runaway inflation.

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