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单词 antagonize
释义
antagonize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyantagonise)
uk
/ænˈtæɡ.ə.naɪz/us
/ænˈtæɡ.ə.naɪz/
to make someonedislikeyou orfeelopposedto you:
使对抗，使对立；引起…的敌意（或反感）
It's a verydelicatesituationand I've nowishto antagonize him.这是一种很棘手的局面，而我无意使他和我反目成仇。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
  • aggravate
  • aggrieve
  • alienate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • bend
  • givesomeonethe shitsidiom
  • go too faridiom
  • goat
  • grate
  • hacksomeoneoff
  • joke
  • nark
  • nose
  • rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
  • ruffle
  • rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
  • setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
  • step/tread onsomeone'stoesidiom
  • tit
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(Definition ofantagonizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

antagonize| American Dictionary

antagonize
verb[T]
us
/ænˈtæɡ·əˌnɑɪz/
toangersomeone enough todislikeandopposeyou:
Thecompanydoesn’twantto antagonize one ofitsbiggestoilsuppliers.
(Definition ofantagonizefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofantagonize

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The receptor systems that have been antagonized pharmacologically and the brain regions that have been lesioned.
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With small annulus inner diameter the center and surroundantagonizeeach other to produce a diminished response.
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His policies of political restriction and economic development through functional inequality antagonized a large portion of the population.
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The glutamate analog 2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate antagonizes synaptic transmission from cones to horizontal cells in the goldfish retina.
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In attempting to reconcile the church with the scientific tradition, he ran the risk of antagonizing both reactionary and progressive opinion.
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Such tactics could only have antagonized local interests.
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His dilemma was how to prevent them from becoming overmighty without antagonizing them by acting against their interests.
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Progesterone via its receptor antagonizes the proinflammatory activity of estrogen in the mouse uterus.
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The gap junction blockers carbenoxolone and 18beta-glycyrrhetinic acidantagonizecone-driven light responses in the mouse retina.
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As shown above, phentolamine antagonized octopaminergic priming of transient rhabdom shedding.
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Here too, problems were compounded by minimizing proven environmental difficulties and antagonizing the local population.
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Vasodilators are molecules which increase blood flow by antagonizing vasoconstrictors produced by the haemostatic system following tissue injury.
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When asked why they paid higher charges than were required by law, a common response was that it was simply not worth antagonizing environmental inspectors.
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Payne feared that the latter mandate, by antagonizing prevailing sentiment about the respect and authority due the church, would undermine the former.
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Did theyantagonizeone another and in which points and how?
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