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alienating

/ey-lee-uh-neyt, eyl-yuh-/US // ˈeɪ li əˌneɪt, ˈeɪl yə- //UK // (ˈeɪljəˌneɪt, ˈeɪlɪə-) //

疏远,疏远的,疏离的,疏远性

Related Words

disaffect不影响,失效,消极,消极影响estrange疏远,疏远的,疏离,疏远人divide分裂,分化,分隔,划分turn off熄灭,关掉,关上,关闭separate分开,独立的,独立,分开的disunite不团结,团结一致,团结,分裂wean断奶,断乳,断绝关系,断绝part部分,部分内容,部分地区,部分时间divorce离婚,离异,离职break off中断come between介入,夹在中间,介于两者之间,介于set against衬托出,衬托,衬托着,反对turn away转身离开,转身离去,转身就走,转走

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing.

    • : to make indifferent or hostile: By refusing to get a job, he has alienated his entire family.
    • : to cause to be withdrawn or isolated from the objective world: Bullying alienates already shy students from their classmates.
    • : to turn away; transfer or divert: to alienate funds from their intended purpose.
    • : Law. to transfer or convey, as title, property, or other right, to another: to alienate lands.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcause unfriendliness, hostility
Synonyms
disaffect不影响,失效,消极,消极影响divide分裂,分化,分隔,划分estrange疏远,疏远的,疏离,疏远人separate分开,独立的,独立,分开的turn off熄灭,关掉,关上,关闭disunite不团结,团结一致,团结,分裂divorce离婚,离异,离职part部分,部分内容,部分地区,部分时间wean断奶,断乳,断绝关系,断绝break off中断come between介入,夹在中间,介于两者之间,介于make indifferent漠视,无动于衷,无所谓,淡漠set against衬托出,衬托,衬托着,反对turn away转身离开,转身离去,转身就走,转走withdraw the affections of撤回对你的感情,撤回对你的爱意,撤回对你的情感,撤回对你的爱

Examples

  • It’s characteristic of this intelligent but alienating text, which works better as literary criticism than biography, that Bradford feels no need to display any compassion for such a sad, lonely end.

  • Many social media companies have been hesitant to come out and say some sources are less trustworthy than others for fear of alienating part of their audience.

  • Goldwater wanted to distance himself from the conspiracy theories, but he feared alienating his base.

  • He seems to have done much more to alienate the other side, with 54 percent of Democrats having a “very unfavorable” opinion of him.

  • Telling a new mother that she is hurting her child will further alienate you from her.

  • Do the Republicans want to alienate important constituencies they will need in 2016?

  • The President did not want to alienate Southern legislators whose votes he needed on his New Deal legislation.

  • Further violence and escalation of the events into a civil war would only alienate him from the bulk of the Ukrainian people.

  • Positioning yourself against President Obama is a good way to alienate the most important constituency in the Democratic Party.

  • That may work spectacularly well, or it may alienate some users.

  • A Christian who would attain perfection, ought to drive away from his mind all that can alienate him from heaven—his true country.

  • In 1790 Pitt was opposing his wishes elsewhere; he was unwilling to alienate him altogether, and agreed to put pressure on Russia.

  • Such cruel insinuations can never alienate from you the friends who love you.

  • He lampooned the prince regent, yet he could not alienate the Tories.

  • We could not see what should again alienate us from one another, or how one brother could again oppress another.

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