Estrange
[ɪ'streɪn(d)ʒ;e-]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; 'She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious'.
(verb.) remove from customary environment or associations; 'years of boarding school estranged the child from her home'.
阿尔塔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
(v. t.) To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.
(v. t.) To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
布什校對
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Withdraw, withhold, keep away.[2]. Disaffect, alienate, make unfriendly, make disaffected.
艾维斯編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ALIENATE]
伯特兰校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to treat as an alien: to alienate: to divert from its original use or possessor.—p.adj. Estranged′ alienated: disaffected.—ns. Estrang′edness; Estrange′ment; Estrang′er.
克莱儿整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Separation is then quite to estrange us, is it? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The Bosnian annexation had the further effect of estranging Italy, which had hitherto been his ally. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It estranged Rawdon from his wife more than he knew or acknowledged to himself. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It was not long before Olympias and Philip were bitterly estranged. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- When once I am thoroughly estranged, I cannot help being severe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- They estranged all Catholic opinion, as his coronation had estranged all liberal opinion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- His mind was absent all the evening, estranged by the snow and his passion. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- So far estranged, that I did not expect him to come and speak to me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- So he came down reluctantly, snow-burned, snow-estranged, to the house in the hollow, between the knuckles of the mountain tops. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
德洛丽丝校對