Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #9853
Fully loadedadversary
敌手；对手
a person or group that opposes someone or something; opponent
- 1.
A person, group, or thing that opposes or attacks another person or group; an opponent or rival.
反对或攻击他人或团体的人、群体或事物；对手或竞争者。
- 2.
someone who offers opposition
对手
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
In use
She saw her main adversary at the chess tournament and smiled nervously.
A good lawyer knows how to predict what his adversary will do next.
The two companies have been adversaries for years, but they still share useful information.
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。
The hero faced his adversary without fear.
英雄毫无畏惧地面对他的对手。
defeat/overcome an adversary
表示战胜对手。
Connections
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
- 击败对手
- The team defeated their adversary in the final match.队伍在决赛中击败了对手。
- adversary in court
Learner notes
Memory Tip
adversary 中的 'verse' 源自 'versus'（对抗），对手即对抗之人。
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。
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.
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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