alienate

英 [ˈeɪliəneɪt] 美 [ˈeɪliəneɪt]

v.  使疏远; 使不友好; 离间; 使(与某群体)格格不入

过去分词:alienated过去式:alienated现在分词:alienating第三人称单数:alienates

TOEFLIELTSGRETEM4TEM8法律

Collins.2 / BNC.8590 / COCA.8136



牛津词典

verb

  1. 使疏远;使不友好;离间
    to make sb less friendly or sympathetic towards you
    1. His comments have alienated a lot of young voters.
      他的言论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
  2. 使(与某群体)格格不入;使疏远
    to make sb feel that they do not belong in a particular group
    1. Very talented children may feel alienated from the others in their class.
      天才出众的孩子可能觉得与班上的同学格格不入。

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 使疏远;使不友好
    If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
    1. The government cannot afford to alienate either group.
      疏远两个团体中的任何一方都是政府承受不起的。
  2. VERB (感情上、思想上)使疏远,离间
    To alienate a person from someone or something that they are normally linked with means to cause them to be emotionally or intellectually separated from them.
    1. His second wife, Alice, was determined to alienate him from his two boys.
      他的第二任妻子艾丽斯,决意要疏远他和两个儿子的感情。

双语例句

  1. The government cannot afford to alienate either group.
    疏远两个团体中的任何一方都是政府承受不起的。
  2. His second wife, Alice, was determined to alienate him from his two boys.
    他的第二任妻子艾丽斯,决意要疏远他和两个儿子的感情。
  3. A new format would alienate its ageing readership without attracting young readers.
    新的版式会疏远上了年纪的读者群,并且也不会吸引年轻读者。
  4. I hope nothing will ever alienate his brothers from him.
    我希望没有什么事会使他的兄弟们与他不和。
  5. The executive could not alienate any part of our territory.
    行政官员不能将我们领土的任何部分让给他人。
  6. Don't alienate yourself from the masses.
    不要脱离群众。
  7. Corporate executives get more risk-averse, too, not wanting to alienate their new more conservative investors.
    企业高管也会变得更厌恶风险,不希望疏远企业那些更保守的投资者。
  8. Be prepared to lose friends or alienate other people if you insist on being stubborn.
    如果你顽固不化,你可能会失去朋友或是疏远别人。
  9. I managed to alienate Dennis too.
    我竟然使丹尼斯也成了异己。
  10. To alienate your friends by your behaviour.
    通过行为使朋友们疏远你。
  11. Why must you always alienate everybody?
    你为什么总是不能对人友好点呢?
  12. Or you'll alienate him because of it.
    或者你会因为这个而疏远他。
  13. TV and the Internet alienate people from their friends, since modern people lack the face-to-face communication with friends.
    电视和互联网使人们与朋友疏远了,因为现在人们缺乏与朋友的面对面的交流。
  14. But after learning that he was suffering from AIDS, they start to deliberately alienate him.
    但是在得知他患有艾滋病后,便开始故意疏远他。
  15. Each individual must by a social contract alienate all his natural rights without reservation to the whole community.
    每个个人都必须根据社会契约毫无保留地将其所有的自然权利让渡给整个团体。
  16. If the nurses go on strike they may alienate public support for their pay claim.
    如果护士继续罢工的话,她们也许会使公众不再支持她们的提薪要求。
  17. "I think you probably alienate a lot of our audience," he continued.
    “我认为你可能疏远了很多我们的观众,”他继续说。
  18. His attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith.
    他离间那两个朋友的企图失败了,因为他们彼此完全信任。
  19. There is a tendency to alienate friends and unite with enemies as a result of these energetic alignments.
    此时有可能疏远朋友、和敌人团结,由于这些能量的排列。
  20. They would forfeit good opportunities for self-improvement and alienate their audiences.
    他们会失去改进自己的机会,也会使他们和观众越来越疏远。
  21. You can alienate some people as you assert your rights, or what you believe to be your rights.
    因你坚持你的权利,或是你相信是你的权益,你可能隔离某些人。
  22. There are fears this could further alienate Afghans from coalition forces.
    他们担心这样会使阿富汗进一步疏远联合部队。
  23. As I argued here, we need to do more to recognize and not alienate high-IQ kids.
    正如我在这所说,我们需要做更多的事情来认可而不是疏远高IQ儿童。
  24. It is my sincere hope that my teachings never alienate anyone.
    我只是衷心希望我的课程没有疏远任何一个人。
  25. But too timid a policy could alienate impatient voters.
    但如果政策过于谨慎,可能会疏远缺乏耐心的选民。
  26. This will alienate them from you, their language and their heritage.
    这将疏远他们从你,他们的语言和他们的遗产。
  27. We'd better not alienate ourselves from the colleagues.
    我们最好还是不要与同事们疏远。
  28. I've managed to alienate everyone I care about.
    我想办法联合每一个我所关心的人。
  29. Trying to alienate us while pretending to care about him.
    疏远我们,同时装作关心他。
  30. Arrogance and the know-all attitudes among some police offices will only further alienate public co-operation with the police.
    部分警员傲慢和自以为是的态度,只会疏远人民和警方和合作。

英英释义

verb

  1. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
    1. She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious

    Synonym:    estrangealiendisaffect

  2. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
    1. the boring work alienated his employees

  3. transfer property or ownership
    1. The will aliened the property to the heirs

    Synonym:    alien