hostility towards/between• This time he seems to be picking up the signals of some approachinghostility towards him.• Strikes grew more frequent and violent, the harsh suppression of them by the government increasing hostility towards the republican regime.• Its presence will indicatehostility towardsreligion and make it very difficult for people to take religion seriously.• There is no hostility between the staff and us and it makes school life so much easier.• The flashes of hostility between them could only make things worse.• Ultimately these foundered on the legacy of hostility between the various parties and between Lini, Sope and Kalpokas.• There would also appear to have been relatively little popularhostility towardspapalauthority.
1opposition/aggressive feelings or actions敵對情緒或行為ADJECTIVE | VERB + HOSTILITY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤bitter, considerable, deep, extreme, great, implacable強烈的敵意;難以消解的敵對情緒▸➤downright, open, outright, overt十足的/公開的/徹頭徹尾的/公然的敵意◇Mixed-race couples faced open hostility.從前異族通婚的夫婦會遭遇公開的敵視。➤veiled隱藏的敵意◇There was a barely veiled hostility in her tone.她語氣中帶着幾乎未加掩飾的敵意。➤general, widespread普遍的反對▸➤popular, public公眾的敵對情緒◇the widespread popular hostility to the war人們普遍反對這場戰爭的情緒➤personal個人的敵對情緒▸➤continuing, growing持續的敵對行為;不斷滋長的敵意▸➤mutual相互的敵視▸➤racial種族敵視VERB + HOSTILITY➤feel, sense感到敵意◇the deep hostility felt by many teenagers against the police很多青少年對警察懷有的根深蒂固的敵視情緒➤express, show表現出敵意▸➤arouse, attract, provoke招致反對;激起敵意◇Such a move might arouse public hostility.此舉可能會引起民眾反對。➤be greeted with, be met with, encounter, face, meet with遭到反對◇The proposal was met with outright hostility.提議遭到公然反對。PREPOSITION➤hostility between兩者之間的敵對◇You could almost feel the hostility between her and her mother.你幾乎可以感覺得到她和她母親之間的那種敵意。➤hostility against, hostility to, hostility towards/toward對⋯的敵視◇the bitter hostility towards / toward the occupying forces對佔領軍的切齒痛恨hostility
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2hostilitiesfighting in a war交戰ADJECTIVE | VERB + HOSTILITIES | HOSTILITIES + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤major大規模戰爭➤active (especially NAmE) 進行中的戰爭VERB + HOSTILITIES➤cease, end武裝衝突結束;停戰◇Both sides finally agreed to suspend hostilities.雙方終於同意休戰。➤resume (especially BrE) 重新開戰◇Hostilities were resumed later that year.那一年晚些時候戰火重燃。HOSTILITIES + VERB➤begin, break out, commence戰爭發生/爆發/開始▸➤cease, end戰爭停止;戰事結束◇On the November 11, 1918, hostilities ceased.戰爭於 1918 年 11 月 11 日結束。➤continue, resume (especially BrE) 戰爭繼續/重新開始PREPOSITION➤hostility against反抗⋯的戰爭◇the official cessation of hostilities against Japan官方停止對日作戰➤hostility between雙方之間的戰事◇Hostilities broke out between the two provinces later that year.那一年晚些時候兩省之間的戰正爆發了。PHRASES➤the cessation of hostilities休戰▸➤an outbreak of hostilities戰事爆發