首页英语词典antagonizeantagonize的意思

antagonize怎么读？

antagonize

英 美[æn'tæɡənaɪz]
英英释义 实用场景例句
近义词embitter cross go against provoke counter oppose
  • vt. 使…敌对；使…对抗；对…起反作用
  • vi. 引起反抗
TEM8GRE低频词畅通词汇

词态变化

第三人称单数: antagonizes;过去式: antagonized;过去分词: antagonized;现在分词: antagonizing;

助记提示

1、ant- "against" + agon- + -ize.
2、含义：competitor, opponent, rival.

英文词源

antagonize (v.)
1630s, "to compete with," from Greek antagonizesthai "to struggle against, oppose, be a rival" (see antagonist). Meaning "to struggle against continuously" is recorded from 1742. Related: Antagonized; antagonizing.

双语例句

1. He didn't want to antagonize her.
他不想引起她的反感。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Not wishing to antagonize her further, he said no more.
他不愿惹她更生气，便不再说话。

来自《权威词典》

3. Large firms do not wish to antagonize the federal government unduly.
大厂商并不想过分地与政府发生顶撞.

来自辞典例句

4. I advise you not to antagonize him.
我劝你别与他为敌.

来自辞典例句

5. The church settlement she effected was planned to antagonize as few people as possible.
她在解决教会问题时,注意到尽可能少得罪人.

来自辞典例句