The enemy

Definition

enemy /'enǝmi/ n ၁။ [C] ရန္သူ။ ရန္ဘက္။ မ်က္မုန္းက်ဳိး ခံရသူ။ Jane and Sarah used to be friends but now they are bitter enemies (ie of each other). ❍ His arrogance made him many enemies (ie made many people hate him). ၂။ (က) the enemy [Gp] (စစ္အတြင္း) ရန္သူ႕တပ္။ The enemy was/were forced to retreat. ❍ enemy forces/aircraft/ships ❍ enemy propaganda. (ခ) [C] ရန္သူ႕ တပ္သား။ ၃။ [C] အဟန္႔အတား။ ဆူးေျငာင့္ခလုတ္။ ရန္သူ။ Poverty and ignorance are the enemies of progress.

Examples

1. He must hide from his enemies while he is weak.
2. [enemy of] : They had been labelled enemies of the state.
3. [make an enemy of someone] : Worst of all is to make an enemy of the Minister.
4. [make enemies] : It’s easy to make enemies in a job like this.
5. [a mortal enemy] : She looked at her husband as if he were her mortal enemy.
6. [a political enemy] : They searched for information on political enemies.
7. We must be ready to resist an assault by sea from this country’s enemies.
8. [the enemy] : He had to discourage the enemy from attempting to attack his position.
9. [enemy attack/troops/aircraft/forces etc] : The Serbs were determined to halt the enemy attacks.
10. Over three hundred enemy aircraft were destroyed.
11. [enemy of] : Cigarette smoke is the undoubted enemy of a clear fresh complexion.