antagonize
英式音标[æn'tæɡənaɪz]
基本解释
vt. 使…敌对；使…对抗；对…起反作用
vi. 引起反抗
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.
实用例句
- 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
