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词语辨析
enmity，amity。这是两个形近单词。enmity是“憎恨”、“敌意”、“敌对”（hatred or a state of hostility）。amity意思是“友谊”、“亲善”（friendship or friendly relations）。

中文词源： amity 友好 来自词根am, 爱，友好。 amity
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And there are only fitful signs of renewed amity among diplomats .

在外交领域仅有点重新友好关系的迹象。

Some sleep instead on sofas in their offices , in some cases expressly to avoid being seduced by the pernicious amity of washington .

一些议员甚至干脆睡在自己办公室的沙发上，有时候直接拒绝来自华盛顿的舒适诱惑舒适生活只能害了他们。

Yet the ferocity of the debate over the islamic courts may be a sign that the usual amity between christians and muslims might be breaking down .

然而，对伊斯兰教法庭争议的激烈状态也许只能说明一个事实，即基督教与穆斯林之间的日常仇恨将终归要爆发。

Stable sino-japanese relations are as important for asia as franco-german amity is for europe but considerably harder to achieve given a host of unresolved historical issues and the naturally destabilising effect of china 's growing economic and military power .

如同法德亲睦对欧洲的重要性一样，稳定的中日关系对亚洲也非常重要但由于诸多历史问题尚未解决，加上中国经济军事实力的日益强大必然会带来一些不稳定影响，实现中日友好的难度要大得多。

Many of beijing 's waterways were filled in , leaving just this creaky relic of sino-soviet amity to save its streets from flooding .

北京的很多水路都被填充了，只留下这个陈旧的中苏友好关系遗产来防止北京街道被淹没。