alienating
present participle ofalienate
| 单词 | alienating |
| 释义 | alienating present participle ofalienate alienate verb[T] uk/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/us/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/tocausesomeone or agroupofpeopletostopsupportingandagreeingwith you: All thesechangesto thenewspaperhave alienateditstraditionalreaders. to make someonefeelthat they are different and notpartof agroup: Disagreements can alienateteenagersfromtheirfamilies. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Arguing & disagreeing Opposing & against Alone Examplesofalienatingalienating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Both were afraid not only ofalienatingallies, but also of vagrancy and chaos within their domains. From theCambridge English Corpus The total experience is notalienatingor frightening, as it may be in a hall of mirrors. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, issues of audience reception and thealienatingeffects of the superior moral tone noted above are not properly addressed. From theCambridge English Corpus It is here that the work proves such an interesting mixture of the conceptual and the musical, ofalienatingmodernist idiosyncracy and involving popular spectacle. From theCambridge English Corpus But they also avoid it so as not to 'ruffle anyone's feathers', to preventalienatingfriends and disrupting social relations. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time, diplomats are odd people, plucked from their home cultures, yet representing them in alien and perhapsalienatingclimes. From theCambridge English Corpus The counter-insurgent responds with even greater force that does not spare the civilian population, therebyalienatingit. From theCambridge English Corpus The feeling of estrangement that permeates science fiction is bound to the scientific worldview, and thealienatingdiscovery of the new universe. From theCambridge English Corpus Many of the non-traditional candidates will also have fewer concerns aboutalienatingfuture campaign contributors. From theCambridge English Corpus It thus forms an alternative to thealienatingrole of 'fossilized' landscapes in protected reserves. From theCambridge English Corpus These consequences may include being stigmatized in their community andalienatinga long-term mate who contributes fathering and other valued resources to the family. From theCambridge English Corpus If the industry fails to address their use of older negative stereotypes, they riskalienatingthe rapidly growing older market and dissuading younger consumers. From theCambridge English Corpus But then again, the soulless,alienatingenvironments too many people inhabit are not generally the result of architectural vision either. From theCambridge English Corpus Again, the primary means of sonically evoking thisalienatingexperience is through synthesizers and the heavy use of electronic recording techniques. From theCambridge English Corpus Alternatively, the cross-rhythms may signal a conspicuously more arty treatment of material, but ultimately with the same effect ofalienatingus from the opening tune. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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