adversary「對手；敵人；對頭」

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September 12， 2021

adversary

對手；敵人；對頭

noun AD-ver-sair-ee

What It Means

Adversary is a word for an enemy or opponent。

Adversary 是指敵人或對手。

Examples

The adversaries met at the negotiating table again， hoping to reach an agreement。

對手們再次在談判桌上會面，希望達成協議。

“Large-scale special effects and intrepid derring-do are wedded to themes of clan solidarity， compassion toward adversaries and contrition for past misdeeds in director Cate Shortland‘s Marvel Comics-derived action adventure。” — The Arlington （Virginia） Catholic Herald， 2 Aug。 2021

“在導演凱特·肖特蘭 （Cate Shortland） 的漫威衍生漫畫的動作冒險中，大規模的特效和無畏的行動與氏族的團結、對手的同情及與對過去的不當行為的懺悔相結合。”

Did You Know?

Adversary comes from Latin advertere， meaning “to turn toward。” The vertere of advertere means “to turn” and is the source of a number of English words。 Along with obvious derivatives like inadvertent and adverse are some surprises， including anniversary， vertebra， and prose （this last coming by way of a Latin contraction of a form of the verb provertere， meaning “to turn forward”）。

Adversary 來自拉丁語 advertere，意思是“to turn toward『轉向』”。 advertere 中的 vertere 的意思是“to turn『轉向』”，是許多英語單詞的來源。 除了 inadvertent 和 adverse 等明顯的派生詞外，還有對立的一些surprises，包括anniversary『週年紀念的』、vertebra『脊椎』和prose『散文』（最後一種是動詞拉丁語縮寫形式的 provertere，意思是“to turn forward『向前轉』”）。

Quiz

Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of adversary： _ _ t _ _ _ ni _ _。