Word · Frequency #21205
antagonizing
使对抗；使敌对
antagonizing is the present participle of antagonize.
核心释义
provoke the hostility of
- 1.
对抗；反对(尤指激起反应)。
To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
反对；反抗；对抗；反对(尤指激起反应)。；使对抗；使敌对；反对
用法In use
Don't antagonize the dog; it might bite you.
用法提示：这里 antagonize 是及物动词，表示‘使敌对、激怒’。
She didn't want to antagonize her neighbors by playing loud music late at night.
用法提示：antagonize 在此表示‘引起…的敌对’，及物动词。
His rude comments antagonized everyone at the meeting.
用法提示：antagonized 是过去式，表示‘使…对立、得罪’。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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”。
语境与语域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”。
发音与拼写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.
用法优先级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。
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