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Fully loadedadversaries
敌手；对手
adversaries is the plural of adversary.
核心释义
a person or group that opposes someone or something; opponent
- 1.
反对或攻击他人或团体的人、群体或事物；对手或竞争者。
A person, group, or thing that opposes or attacks another person or group; an opponent or rival.
- 2.
对手
someone who offers opposition
反对或攻击他人或团体的人、群体或事物；对手或竞争者。；对手；敌手
用法In use
She saw her main adversary at the chess tournament and smiled nervously.
用法提示：adversary 为单数名词，作 saw 的宾语，指比赛中的对手。
A good lawyer knows how to predict what his adversary will do next.
用法提示：adversary 为单数名词，作 predict 的宾语，指职业上的对手。
The two companies have been adversaries for years, but they still share useful information.
用法提示：adversaries 为复数名词，作句子的表语，指长期竞争的对手。
be an adversary of sb/sth
表示某人的对手或反对者。
He is a formidable adversary of our team.
他是我们队的一个强大对手。
face/confront an adversary
强调与对手对峙。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- formidable adversary
- 强大的对手
- She proved to be a formidable adversary in the debate.她在辩论中被证明是一个强大的对手。
- worthy adversary
- 值得尊敬的对手
- He considered her a worthy adversary.他认为她是一个值得尊敬的对手。
- political adversary
- 政治对手
- The two senators were political adversaries.这两位参议员是政治对手。
- old adversary
- 老对手
- They were old adversaries from their college days.他们从大学时代起就是老对手。
- defeat an adversary
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
adversary 中的 'verse' 源自 'versus'（对抗），对手即对抗之人。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：法律辩论、体育竞赛、商业竞争 该词通常用于比较正式或书面化的场合，在体育、法律、商业等对抗性语境中较为常见，日常口语中使用频率相对较低。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'necessary' shares the exact final syllable /sɛri/ with 'adversary'. Other -ary words have different vowels or consonants before the -ary ending (e.g., /neri/, /reri/, /tɛri/, /məri/) and thus do not perfectly rhyme, but they share the same spelling pattern.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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