Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #3996
hostilities
敌意；敌对态度；敌视
hostilities is the plural of hostility.
Strong dislike or opposition; the feeling or attitude of being unfriendly or aggressive toward someone or something.
- 1.
The state of being hostile.
敌对状态。
- 2.
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
敌对态度
- 3.
A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
敌对行动,尤指军事行动。
- 4.
a state of deep-seated ill-will
深层的敌意
- 5.
the feeling of a hostile person
敌对情绪
敌对行动；交战；敌对状态。；敌对态度；敌对行动,尤指军事行动。；深层的敌意
In use
She tried to hide her hostility during the meeting.
The hostility between the two neighbors has lasted for years.
His hostility towards the new policy was obvious to everyone.
he could not conceal his hostility
he could no longer contain his hostility
show hostility towards/to sb/sth
towards和to可互换，表示针对的对象。
She showed hostility towards the new policy.
她对这项新政策表现出敌意。
open hostility
形容词open修饰hostility，强调敌意是公开表露的。
There was open hostility between the two groups.
Connections
Collocations
- open hostility
- 公开的敌意
- There was open hostility between the two groups.两组之间存在公开的敌意。
- mutual hostility
- 相互敌意
- The mutual hostility made negotiations impossible.相互敌意使得谈判无法进行。
- hostility towards
- 对……的敌意
- He felt hostility towards his new colleague.他对新同事感到敌意。
- display hostility
- 表现出敌意
- The cat displayed hostility when approached.当被靠近时，这只猫表现出敌意。
- feel hostility
- 感到敌意
- She could feel the hostility in the room.她能感觉到房间里的敌意。
- end hostilities
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将hostility拆为host（主人）和ility，想象主人对你怀有敌意，因为你不请自来。
Context & Register
中性正式，常用于国际冲突、个人对抗或组织间的敌对态度等正式语境。
Grammar Note
通常不可数；复数形式hostilities常用于表示具体敌对行为或战争状态
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the common ending '-ility' pronounced /-ɪləti/ and rhyme with each other. Beware of lookalikes like 'hostile' (/ˈhɑstəl/) which sounds different.
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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