antagonise

1. → see: antagonize

1. But somewhere along the line one has to assume that Russia will consider its own interests: on none of these issues does Moscow actually advance those interests by setting policy to antagonise the US.
   但我们必须假定，俄罗斯在今后某个时候会考虑自身利益：事实上，俄罗斯在上述任何一个问题上采取对抗美国的政策，都无益于强化其利益。
2. The use of the word statehood, while imprecise, is likely to antagonise Kiev.
   使用国家地位（statehood）这个词虽然不精确，但很可能惹恼基辅。
3. However, Mr Mittal knows that if he moves too quickly or appears aggressive, this will antagonise the Chinese leadership.
   但拉克希米米塔尔知道，如果他的动作太快，或是显得咄咄逼人，将引起中国领导人的不满。
4. Issuers are very careful when managing outstanding bonds as they do not want to antagonise bond investors as they will seek to be able to access the market again in the future on the best possible terms.
   发行商在处理已发行债券时非常谨慎，因为他们将来还要试图在最有利的条件下再度进入市场，所以不愿与债券投资者产生对立。
5. Antagonise a beautiful creature and you're likely to get stung.
   如果执意要去与美丽的生物为敌，那么很可能你会被它刺伤。
6. Proclaiming that the US is always right and virtuous may go down well in the American heartland, but it tends to antagonise foreigners and that is simply counterproductive.
   宣称美国永远是正确和有道德的，也许在美国的心脏地带能够引发欢呼，但往往会引起外国人的反感这样完全是适得其反。
7. Its bosses did not want to antagonise Alcoa, the company that both sponsored "see it now" and sold quantities of aluminium to the air force.
   该公司的老板不想与美国铝公司（alcoa）发生冲突，因为这家公司不仅资助“今日关注”，而且他们向美国空军供应着大量的铝原料。
8. Iran appears eager not to antagonise Saudi Arabia further at a time when Tehran is under increasing international pressure over its nuclear programme.
   在德黑兰方面因核计划问题受到与日俱增的国际压力之时，伊朗似乎急于避免进一步冒犯沙特。
9. Operators could block access or degrade the quality of their data services, but that would antagonise subscribers.
   运营商可以禁止用户使用数据业务或者降低他们使用的质量，但这样有可能使用户产生敌对心理。
10. Irrespective of what Goldman's clients and service providers have really thought about the bank, most have been reluctant to antagonise the bank, since they feared that Goldman was so powerful that any critic would face some backlash.
    不管客户和服务提供商心里怎么看高盛，他们大都不愿与高盛为敌。他们畏惧的是，高盛如此强大，以至于对它的任何批评都可能招来反击。
11. The government had promised as much and a debtor nation could not afford to antagonise its lenders.
    政府同样这样承诺过，并且一个债务国是无法承受来自其债权国的敌对情绪的。
12. While you shouldn't expose your emotional state, you should not antagonise them either.
    虽然你不应该表露自己的情绪，你也不应该与他们对抗。
13. And too much advertising, he said, can actually antagonise people further.
    他还指出，过多的广告会进一步加深民众的反感情绪。
14. China does not want to antagonise the unpredictable Mr Kim;
    中国并不想跟反复无常的金日成闹僵；
15. The White House opted against providing the entire list of weapons requested by Taiwan because it did not want to antagonise China.
    由于白宫不愿与中国发生对抗，它决定不向台湾提供所开清单上的所有武器。
16. The Republic of Ireland manager does not want to antagonise Sir Alex Ferguson and he says that he is not urging Gibson to leave United, where the midfielder has failed to feature so far this season.
    爱尔兰经理不希望激怒弗格森爵士，他说自己不是撺掇吉布森离开曼联。这位中场本赛季还没有打过比赛。
17. THE easiest way for a president to make his life miserable is to antagonise his fellow politicians on Capitol Hill.
    当总统的若是想把自己的日子搅得一团糟，最简单的办法莫过于去招惹国会山上的诸公。
18. CONCLUSION TGP can antagonise the myocardial ischemia effectively.
    结论白芍总苷能有效对抗心肌缺血。
19. Results TAEP can markedly activate MAO B in cerebrum and antagonise the inhibition of MAO B activity by nialamide.
    结果TAEP对小鼠脑MAO-B具有明显的激活作用，并具有对抗烟肼酰胺抑制小鼠脑MAO-B活性的作用。
20. Follistatin, a kind of secreted protein, is known to antagonise the function of several members of the TGF-beta ( transforming growth factor-beta) superfamily including Myostatin, the most powerful inhibitor of muscle growth characterised to date.
    卵泡抑素（Follistatin）是一种分泌蛋白，它可以拮抗TGF-beta（transforminggrowthfactor，转化生长因子）超家族中几种成员的功能，包括Myostatin。

verb

1. provoke the hostility of
   1. Don't antagonize your boss

   Synonym:    antagonize

2. act in opposition to

   Synonym:    antagonizecounteract