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aggressive or unfriendly feelings or behaviour 敌意；对抗 There was a barely veiled hostility in her tone. 她语气中带着几乎未加掩饰的敌意。 - hostility to/towards somebody/something
feelings of hostility towards people from other backgrounds 对不同背景的人的敌视情绪 - hostility between A and B
There was open hostility between the two schools. 这两所学校公开相互敌对。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Feelingsc1Mixed-race couples faced open hostility. 从前异族通婚的夫妇会遭遇公开的敌视。 You could almost feel the hostility between her and her mother. 你几乎可以感觉得到她和她母亲之间的那种敌意。 the deep hostility felt by many teenagers against the police 很多青少年对警察怀有的根深蒂固的敌视情绪 The talk lasted well over an hour and he sensed a growing hostility from his audience. 谈话进行了足足一个多小时，他感到听众的敌意越来越强。 the bitter hostility towards the occupying forces 对占领军的切齿痛恨
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bitter
- considerable
- deep
- …
- feel
- sense
- express
- …
- hostility between
- hostility against
- hostility to
- …
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strong and angry opposition towards an idea, a plan or a situation （对思想、计划或情形的）愤怒反对，愤怒反抗 The proposal was met with outright hostility. 提议遭到公然反对。 - hostility to/towards something
public hostility to nuclear power 公众对核动力的愤然反对
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1There is still considerable public hostility towards nuclear power. 仍有不少民众对核能抱着强烈反对的态度。 the widespread popular hostility to the war 人们普遍反对这场战争的情绪 The prime minister was concerned that such a move would arouse public hostility. 首相担心这一举动会引起民众的反对。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bitter
- considerable
- deep
- …
- feel
- sense
- express
- …
- hostility between
- hostility against
- hostility to
- …
- hostilities[plural] (formal)
acts of fighting in a war 战争行为 the start/outbreak of hostilities between the two sides 双方之间敌对行为的爆发 a cessation of hostilities (= an end to fighting) 战争停止
Collocations War and peaceWar and peace 战争与和平 Starting a war 开战 - declare/make/wage war (on somebody/something)
（向…）宣战／挑起战争／发动战争 - go to war (against/with somebody)
（向…）开战 - cause/spark/provoke/foment/quell unrest
引起／平息骚乱 - incite/lead/crush/suppress a revolt/rebellion
煽动／领导／镇压起义／叛乱 - launch/mount/carry out a surprise/terrorist attack
发起／实施突然／恐怖袭击 - prevent/halt/represent an escalation of the conflict
防止／阻止／表明冲突升级 - be torn apart by/be on the brink of civil war
被内战搞得四分五裂；濒于内战 - enter/invade/occupy somebody’s territory
进入／侵略／占领某人的领土 - lead/launch/resist/repel an invasion
领导／发起／抵制／击退武装入侵
Military operations 军事行动 - adopt/develop/implement/pursue a military strategy
采用／发展／实施／执行军事战略 - carry out/execute/perform military operations/manoeuvres
- send/deploy/station/pull back/withdraw troops
派遣／部署／派驻／撤回部队 - go on/fly/carry out a reconnaissance/rescue mission
进行／驾机执行／执行侦察／营救任务 - train/equip/deploy army/military/combat units
训练／装备／部署陆军／军事／作战分队 - lead/launch/conduct a raid/a surprise attack/an (air/airborne/amphibious) assault (on somebody)
领导／发起／实施（对某人的）突然袭击／（空中／空投部队／登陆）攻击 - employ/use guerrilla tactics
采用游击战术 - conduct/wage biological/guerrilla warfare
进行／发动生物战／游击战 - fight/crush/defeat the rebels/the insurgency
设法战胜／镇压／挫败叛乱者／叛乱 - suffer/inflict a crushing defeat
遭受惨败；大获全胜 - achieve/win a decisive victory
赢得决定性的胜利 - halt/stop the British/German/Russian advance
阻止英国／德国／俄罗斯的前进 - order/force a retreat
命令／强迫撤退
Fighting 作战 - join/serve in the army/navy/air force
加入陆军／海军／空军；在陆军／海军／空军部队服役 - be/go/remain/serve on active duty
在服现役 - serve/complete/return from a tour of duty
在服役；服役完毕；服役归来 - be sent to the front (line)
被派往前线 - attack/strike/engage/defeat/kill/destroy the enemy
袭击／攻击敌人；与敌人交战；击败／杀死／消灭敌人 - see/report/be engaged in heavy fighting
目睹／报道／参与激战 - call for/be met with armed resistance
要求／遭遇武装抵抗 - come under heavy/machine-gun/mortar fire
冒着激烈的／机关枪的／迫击炮的射击 - fire a machine-gun/mortar shells/rockets (at somebody/something)
（对…）发射机关枪／迫击炮弹／火箭弹 - shoot a rifle/a pistol/bullets/missiles
步枪／手枪射击；发射子弹／导弹 - launch/fire a cruise/ballistic/anti-tank missile
发射巡航／弹道／反坦克导弹 - use biological/chemical/nuclear weapons
使用生物／化学／核武器 - inflict/suffer/sustain heavy losses/casualties
遭受惨重损失／伤亡 - be hit/killed by enemy/friendly/artillery fire
被敌军／友军／炮火击中／射死 - become/be held as a prisoner of war
成为战俘；作为战俘被监禁
Civilians in war 战争中的平民 - harm/kill/target/protect innocent/unarmed civilians
伤害／杀死／瞄准／保护无辜的／手无寸铁的平民 - cause/avoid/limit/minimize civilian casualties/collateral damage
导致／避免／限制／最大限度减少平民伤亡／附带性破坏 - impose/enforce/lift a curfew
强制实行／解除宵禁 - engage in/be a victim of ethnic cleansing
参与种族清洗；成为种族清洗的受害者 - be sent to an internment/a concentration camp
被送到俘虏拘留营／集中营 - accept/house/resettle refugees fleeing from war
接受／收容／安置战争难民 - fear/threaten military/violent reprisals
害怕／扬言要军事／暴力报复 - commit/be accused of war crimes/crimes against humanity/genocide
犯／被指控犯战争罪／反人类罪／种族灭绝罪
Making peace 和解 - make/bring/win/achieve/maintain/promote peace
促使／带来／赢得／实现／保持／促进和平 - call for/negotiate/broker/declare a ceasefire/a temporary truce
要求／商谈／协商／宣布停战／暂时休战 - sign a ceasefire agreement
签署停战协议 - call for/bring/put an end to hostilities
要求发动／引发／结束战争 - demand/negotiate/accept the surrender of somebody/something
强烈要求／商讨／接受…投降 - establish/send (in) a peacekeeping force
建立／派遣维和部队 - negotiate/conclude/ratify/sign/accept/reject/break/violate a peace treaty
商讨／达成／正式批准／签署／接受／拒绝／破坏／违反和平协定
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1Hostilities broke out between the two provinces later that year. 那一年晚些时候两省之间的战正爆发了。 Hostilities were resumed later that year. 那一年晚些时候战火重燃。 On the 11th of November 1918 hostilities ceased. 战争于1918 年11 月11日结束。 the beginning of hostilities against Germany in 1914 1914 年对德国战争的开端 the official cessation of hostilities against Japan 官方停止对日作战
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- major
- active
- cease
- end
- resume
- …
- begin
- break out
- commence
- …
- hostility against
- hostility between
- the cessation of hostilities
- an outbreak of hostilities
Word Originlate Middle English: from French hostilité or late Latin hostilitas, from Latin hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy’.