Word · Frequency #21205
antagonize
使对抗；使敌对
provoke the hostility of
- 1.
To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
对抗；反对(尤指激起反应)。
反对；反抗；对抗；反对(尤指激起反应)。；使对抗；使敌对；反对
In use
Don't antagonize the dog; it might bite you.
She didn't want to antagonize her neighbors by playing loud music late at night.
His rude comments antagonized everyone at the meeting.
antagonize sb
及物动词用法；主语常是某种行为或态度，宾语是人，表示使对方产生对立情绪。
Her constant interruptions antagonized everyone in the meeting.
她不停地插话，让会议上的每个人都对她产生敌意。
antagonize sb with sth
及物动词用法；介词后接导致对立的具体行为或事物。
The manager antagonized his staff with unfair assignments.
经理分配任务不公，使员工对他产生了敌对情绪。
be antagonized by sth
及物动词的被动式；强调受到影响的一方，后面接造成对立情绪的原因。
Many users were antagonized by the app's constant pop-ups.
该应用不断弹窗，让许多用户产生了对立情绪。
Verb forms
base antagonize · third person antagonizes · -ing antagonizing · past antagonized · past participle antagonized
规则动词；表示“使对抗、使敌对、激怒”。
Common mistakes
Don't antagonize with your neighbors.Don't antagonize your neighbors.
antagonize 是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不需要介词 with；汉语“与……敌对”中的“与”不能直译为英文介词。
She is antagonize to the new policy.She is antagonistic to the new policy.
系动词 is 后面应使用形容词 antagonistic（表示“敌对的”），而 antagonize 是动词，不能作表语。
There is a lot of antagonize between the two teams.There is a lot of antagonism between the two teams.
antagonism 是名词，表示“敌对、对抗”；antagonize 是动词，不能用于名词位置（如作主语或宾语）。
Connections
Collocations
- antagonize voters
- 激怒选民；使选民产生敌意
- The candidate's careless remarks antagonized voters.这位候选人轻率的言论激怒了选民。
- antagonize your boss
- 得罪你的老板；让你老板心生敌意
- Don't criticize the project so harshly — you'll antagonize your boss.别这么严厉地批评这个项目——你会得罪老板的。
- antagonize the local community
- 激起当地社区的敌意
- The factory's noisy construction antagonized the local community.工厂嘈杂的施工激起了当地社区的敌意。
- antagonize customers
- 得罪顾客；让顾客产生反感
- A complicated refund policy can antagonize customers.复杂的退款政策会得罪顾客。
- antagonize allies
- 使盟友产生敌意；得罪盟友
- The abrupt decision antagonized allies who had long supported the plan.这一突然决定使长期支持该计划的盟友们产生了敌意。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：ant（蚂蚁）+ agonize（折磨）→ 想象两只蚂蚁互相折磨，即“使对抗、使敌对”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：政治评论、职场沟通、人际交往、日常对话 该词通常多用于新闻、政治评论、职场沟通和人际冲突的书面或正式口语中，也可出现在日常对话；但在最随意的口语里，更常说“annoy”或“make sb angry”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Agonize matches the final /ɡənaɪz/ and rhymes with the stressed /æ/ vowel (ænˈtæɡənaɪz vs ˈæɡənaɪz). Organize, recognize, criticize, memorize, and apologize all share the -ize spelling and final /aɪz/, but their stressed vowels differ, so they are lookalikes rather than rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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