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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

foe [fəu]
  1. 1. noun [liter] [c] 敌人

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

foe [fo] [fəu]
  1. 1. noun 同义词】enemy

Collins English-English Dictionary

foe [fəυ]
  1. 1. n another word for enemy
  2. 2. n [Etymology] Old English fah hostile; related to Old High German fehan to hate, Old Norse feikn dreadful; see feud1

Examples

to measure one's foe
估量对手 measure
a foe in the shape of a friend
装作朋友的敌人 shape
不共戴天的敌人
a sworn enemy; a mortal foe 不共戴天
混淆敌友
confuse friend with foe 混淆
敌友不分
not distinguish between friend and foe
仇敌
foe; enemy
大敌当前
a formidable enemy stands before one; be faced with a formidable foe 大敌
把仇雠变为朋友, 这该多好啊。
It is great to change foe to friend. 仇雠
他具有正义感, 一向嫉恶如仇。
He is a very upright man, abhorring evil as a deadly foe. 嫉恶如仇

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