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。
使对抗;使敌对
antagonized — past of antagonize
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使对抗;使敌对
provoke the hostility of
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。
对抗;反对(尤指激起反应)。
To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
antagonize
Base
原形
antagonizes
3rd person
第三人称单数
antagonizing
-ing
现在分词
antagonized
Past
过去式
antagonized
Past participle
过去分词
She antagonizes everyone with her constant complaining.
她不停地抱怨,使所有人都对她心存敌意。
His rude remarks antagonized the whole class.
他粗鲁的言语激怒了全班同学。
By interrupting constantly, he is antagonizing his teammates.
他不断插话,正在激怒队友。
规则动词;表示“使对抗、使敌对、激怒”。
Don't antagonize the dog; it might bite you.
别激怒那条狗,它可能会咬你。
She didn't want to antagonize her neighbors by playing loud music late at night.
她不想因为深夜大声放音乐而招惹邻居。
His rude comments antagonized everyone at the meeting.
他在会上的粗鲁评论得罪了所有人。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
Don't antagonize with your neighbors.
Use this
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。
Not this
She is antagonize to the new policy.
Use this
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。
Not this
There is a lot of antagonize between the two teams.
Use this
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)。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
请不要激怒我。
The 2007 Foo Fighters hit 'The Pretender' uses this line in its defiant chorus: the singer refuses to be antagonized by those trying to control him.
Foo Fighters 乐队 2007 年的热门歌曲《The Pretender》在反抗式的副歌中用了这句歌词:歌手拒绝被想要控制他的人激怒。
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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”。
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”。
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.
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