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estrange

/ih-streynj/US // ɪˈstreɪndʒ //UK // (ɪˈstreɪndʒ) //

疏远,疏远的,疏离,疏远人

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    es·tranged, es·trang·ing.

    • : to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of: Their quarrel estranged the two friends.
    • : to remove to or keep at a distance: The necessity for traveling on business has estranged him from his family.
    • : to divert from the original use or possessor.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdestroy the affections of
Forms: estranged

Examples

  • Spears has been under this arrangement since early 2008, when — in the wake of a highly publicized stretch of erratic behavior and two involuntary psychiatric holds — her then-estranged father was named co-conservator, alongside a lawyer.

  • This, combined with the Lucas’ impending reunion with long-estranged family members who are coming to see her perform, provides just enough drama to give the movie a touch of narrative.

  • Even if his siblings, back home and estranged from their father, sometimes looked at his relationship with envy, Tyler describes a dynamic that could hardly be considered paternal.

  • Numerous reasons, of which I guess part, perhaps estrange you from it, and perhaps also the book does not please you.

  • Men knew not even whether it were round or flat; and the unplumbed sea could still estrange.

  • All that Murray's policy seemed to have really done was to estrange from her the English Catholics.

  • She flashed at him indignantly, "You wish to estrange me from my family, from my sister Caroline."

  • Because, miserable slave, you cherish the mad hope of beguiling me yourself, you do your utmost to estrange me from your master.