mortal enemy 死敌
- Iraq was Iran's mortal enemy.
伊拉克曾是伊朗的死敌。 - In fact, according to a new study, it's your mortal enemy.
根据最新研究,事实上电视是你不共戴天的敌人。 - Mortal wounds by enemy axes and arrows are clearly visible on his mummy, which is kept in the Egyptian Museum.
在他的木乃伊上,致命的斧伤和箭伤清晰可见,目前他的木乃伊保存在埃及博物馆。
mortal enemy[ noun ]
an enemy who wants to kill you
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Mortal \Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis,
death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See {Murder}, and
cf. {Filemot}, {Mere} a lake, {Mortgage}.]
1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death;
terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly;
as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
3. Fatally vulnerable; vital.
Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but
missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes
the work. --Milton.
4. Of or pertaining to the time of death.
Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,
Or in the natal or the mortal hour. --Pope.
5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright.
--Dryden.
6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or
knowledge; mortal power.
The voice of God
To mortal ear is dreadful. --Milton.
7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting
two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.
{Mortal foe}, {Mortal enemy}, an inveterate, desperate, or
implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.