Alienation
[eɪlɪə'neɪʃ(ə)n]
解释:
(noun.) the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; 'his behavior alienated the other students'.
(noun.) (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; 'the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership'.
(noun.) the feeling of being alienated from other people.
(noun.) separation resulting from hostility.
丹尼斯校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
(n.) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
(n.) A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
(n.) Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
手打:柯尔斯顿
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Abalienation, transfer, demise, conveyance.[2]. Estrangement, disaffection, variance, division, rupture, breach.
编辑:维姬
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Insanity, aberration, hallucination, derangement, imbecility
ANT:Sanity, soundness, sobriety, rationality
校对:谢尔曼
例句:
- They might soon have been divided again, and broke into small parcels, either by succession or by alienation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- But, in a new colony, a great uncultivated estate is likely to be much more speedily divided by alienation than by succession. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Shall two years more be thus passed, each day adding to our alienation, each act being another stone piled on the barrier which separates us? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- But this opinion of his did not cause a lasting alienation; and the way in which the family was made whole again was characteristic of all concerned. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
手打:苏珊