antagonize
- vt. 使…敌对；使…对抗；对…起反作用
- vi. 引起反抗
antagonize 助记提示
1、ant- "against" + agon- + -ize.
2、含义：competitor, opponent, rival.
antagonize 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.
antagonize 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