foe• But the political field is inscribed with the logic of friend and foe.• Mitterand drew France closer to the Europeanunion and to Germany, its formerfoe.• His foes immediately expressedfear he will launch new attacks on them.• Incorporation foes who argue Tucson will be ringed by suburbs ought to realize it already is.• This thirdcriterion is related to whether you feel this new person is friend or foe.• As we approached the camp a guard called out: ""Who goes there -- friend or foe?''• They can still run foescrazy with that setup, but now they can also go to TallBall.• Oxygen became friend rather than foe and most organisms began to use it to fuel their lives.• It may also give different impressions to friend and to foe.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FOE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bitter, dangerous, deadly, formidable, implacable死敵;危險的敵人;不共戴天的敵人;可怕的敵人;勢不兩立的敵人◇He knew that Carlton could be an implacable foe.他明白卡爾頓可能會成為他的死敵。➤common共同的敵人▸➤old宿敵◇In the final they play against their old foes, Italy.在決賽中他們與老對手意大利隊對壘。➤former以前的敵人➤political政敵VERB + FOE➤defeat, vanquish (figurative) 打敗/戰勝對手◇She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes.她身經百戰,挫敗過很多對手。➤fight與敵人交戰PREPOSITION➤against a foe對抗敵人◇to join forces against a common foe聯合起來對付共同的敵人PHRASES➤friend and foe敵友◇His newspaper articles criticized friend and foe alike.他在報紙上發表的批評文章不論敵友,一視同仁。➤friend or foe敵人還是朋友◇She was unsure as yet whether he was friend or foe.她還不確定他究竟是敵是友。