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disaffection

/dis-uh-fek-shuhn/US // ˌdɪs əˈfɛk ʃən //UK // (ˌdɪsəˈfɛkʃən) //

厌恶,嫌弃,疏离感,疏远

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; Disaffection often leads to outright treason.

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Examples

  • A reminder that our teens, for all their moods and disaffection, still love to crack each other up, get a little rowdy, make paper balloons.

  • “The main aim of the toolkit was to create misinformation and disaffection against the lawfully enacted government,” Delhi police official Prem Nath said at a Monday press briefing.

  • The warriors of the Jamat expressed their “disaffection” by raiding the villages of feeble religious minorities.

  • West is no stranger to public displays of disaffection, or apologies.

  • Just a wrenching expression of disaffection from the president he had fallen for.

  • The imminent vote to authorize the bombing of Syria may finally tally Democratic disaffection.

  • But recently, there has been disaffection for Syrians on the part of many Egyptians.

  • Two days before the Americans arrived a native regiment was suspected of disaffection.

  • A degree of discontent, approaching, if not amounting to disaffection, has gained considerable ground.

  • Did we pledge ourselves to the support of an airy nothing—a bubble that must be blown away by the first breath of disaffection?

  • The defences of Quebec were in bad condition, the garrison was small, and there was much disaffection among the inhabitants.

  • Disaffection, fomented by some secret, unknown cause, was spreading among the officers of the Army.