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单词 alienate
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alienate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/us
/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/
tocausesomeone or agroupofpeopletostopsupportingandagreeingwith you:
离间；使背离；使不友好
All thesechangesto thenewspaperhave alienateditstraditionalreaders.报纸改头换面疏远了老读者。
to make someonefeelthat they are different and notpartof agroup:
使格格不入；使疏远
Disagreements can alienateteenagersfromtheirfamilies.家庭争吵会使青少年跟家人产生感情裂痕。
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Arguing & disagreeing
Opposing & against
Alone
(Definition ofalienatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

alienate| American Dictionary

alienate
verb[T]
us
/ˈeɪ·li·əˌneɪt,ˈeɪl·jə-/
tocauseapersonorpeopletostopsupportingsomeone or tostopfeelingwelcome:
All thesechangesto thenewspaperhave alienateditsoldreaders.

alienation

noun[U]us
/ˌeɪ·li·əˈneɪ·ʃən,ˌeɪl·jə-/
The alienation ofyoungadultshasloweredthenumberofpeoplewhovote.
(Definition ofalienatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalienate

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Commonly, they felt alienated from non-combatant society, frustrated at personal failure, and resentful of inadequate government policies and pettyminded officials.
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The book has a major disadvantage too, because it alienates the less able students.
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At the same time, diplomats are odd people, plucked from their home cultures, yet representing them in alien and perhaps alienating climes.
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The features on the surface of the model are distorted and alienated as the material repeats itself.
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All this is good news to the urban historian alienated by the abstractions of architectural history.
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Labor could be creative or alienated; labor power could be a capacity or a commodity.
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The counter-insurgent responds with even greater force that does not spare the civilian population, thereby alienating it.
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Communication is so difficult that centre and periphery become alienated.
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As a consequence, local communities have to a large extent been alienated from the wildlife.
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Students who could not afford to pay the costly private fees felt alienated from their more well-to-do classmates.
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Thirdly, as in wakeful perception, images perceived in dreams are alienated from the dreamer who finds himself interacting with apparently external objects and events.
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Yancey's (1995) study also attempts to go beyond the confines of school to identify young people who might be alienated from that setting.
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If the industry fails to address their use of older negative stereotypes, they risk alienating the rapidly growing older market and dissuading younger consumers.
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Again, the primary means of sonically evoking this alienating experience is through synthesizers and the heavy use of electronic recording techniques.
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Their revelry and riotous behaviour alienated them from the city inhabitants : they were seen as a good-for-nothing bunch, best avoided.
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