Alienation
[eɪlɪə'neɪʃ(ə)n]
解釋/意思:
(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.
丹尼斯校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Abalienation, transfer, demise, conveyance.[2]. Estrangement, disaffection, variance, division, rupture, breach.
編輯:维姬
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Insanity, aberration, hallucination, derangement, imbecility
ANT:Sanity, soundness, sobriety, rationality
校對:谢尔曼
例句/造句/用法:
- They might soon have been divided again, and broke into small parcels, either by succession or by alienation. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But, in a new colony, a great uncultivated estate is likely to be much more speedily divided by alienation than by succession. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- 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? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- 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. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
手打:苏珊