Word · Frequency #8971
foe
敌人，仇敌，反对者，对手
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
多用于文学或正式场合
- 1.
An enemy.
敌人
- 2.
A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules.
能量单位,等于10的44次方焦耳
- 3.
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
武装对手(尤指敌军成员)
- 4.
a personal enemy
个人敌人
敌人；能量单位,等于10的44次方焦耳；武装对手(尤指敌军成员)；个人敌人；仇敌
In use
In the battle, the soldier faced a formidable foe.
The two politicians have been political foes for decades.
She saw the rival company as her business foe.
they had been political foes for years
sb's foe / the foe of sb/sth
She viewed the rival company as her primary foe.
她把这家竞争对手公司视为她的主要敌人。
become foes
The former allies became bitter foes after the dispute.
前盟友在争端后变成了死敌。
make a foe of sb
Connections
Collocations
- sworn foe
- 不共戴天的敌人
- They have been sworn foes for decades.他们几十年来一直是不共戴天的敌人。
- bitter foe
- 死敌
- The two politicians were bitter foes during the election.这两位政治家在选举期间是死敌。
- mortal foe
- 死敌
- In the story, the hero faces his mortal foe.故事中，主人公面对他的死敌。
- political foe
- 政敌
- He made many political foes with his aggressive policies.他的激进政策树敌众多。
- old foe
- 老对手
- The two teams are old foes on the football field.这两支球队在足球场上是老对手。
- formidable foe
Learner notes
Memory Tip
foe音似‘否’，想象敌人对你说‘不’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：military、literature、historical foe 为较正式用词，多用于军事、文学或历史语境，指敌人或对手。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the exact /oʊ/ sound. Beware of 'shoe' (/ʃuː/) or 'canoe' (/kəˈnuː/) spelled with 'oe' but pronounced differently.
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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