Alienate

['eɪlɪəneɪt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; 'the boring work alienated his employees'.

格特鲁德編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.

(v. t.) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

(v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.

(n.) A stranger; an alien.

編輯:兰尼

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Abalienate, transfer, demise, consign, assign, convey, devolve, make over, deliver over.[2]. Estrange, disaffect, wean, withdraw the affections of, make unfriendly.

埃尔韦拉錄入

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Estrange, abalienate, transfer, wean, disaffect, convey

ANT:Conciliate, retain, endear, entail, bind, secure

詹森錄入

解釋/意思:

v.t. to transfer a right or title to another: to withdraw the affections: to misapply.—adj. withdrawn: estranged.—n. Alienabil′ity.—adj. Al′ienable capable of being transferred to another.—ns. Alienā′tion; Alienā′tor.—adj. Al′iened made alien estranged.—n. Al′ienism the position of being a foreigner.

編輯:兰德尔