【adversary】 - A-level备考词汇

adversary

UK:  ['ædvə(r)s(ə)ri]

US:  ['ædvər.seri]

复数：adversaries  

n.

1.敌,敌人,敌手;对手

2.敌手,对手,反对者

3.魔鬼

1 . The question now beginning to engage Washington is whether China sees itself as a collaborator in space, or as a potential adversary?
华盛顿现在的问题是，中国把自己视为太空合作者抑或潜在的对手。

2 . Much as Washington might not like the AU, it cannot ignore the AU, nor afford to turn the AU into a diplomatic adversary.
尽管华盛顿可能并不喜欢非盟，但是不能忽视非盟，也不能试图将非盟变成一个外交敌人。

3 . And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with a plea, Grant me justice against my adversary, she would say.
那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。

4 . "He's got to raise that issue. You can't give your competitor, your adversary, a 40pc advantage in global economics, " he said.
他说：“他必须要提出这个问题。不能让你的竞争者、你的对手赢得全球经济40%的优势。”

5 . But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
你若实在听从他的话、照著我一切所说的去行、我就向你的仇敌作仇敌、向你的敌人作敌人。