| 释义 |
alienated, ppl. a.|ˈeɪlɪəneɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Estranged, withdrawn in feeling or affection.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apocal. (1573) Pref. 11 Sequestred and alienated from the true religion of Christ. 1667Milton P.L. i. 452 His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah. 1719Young Revenge i. i. Wks. 1757 II. 110 With absent eyes, and alienated mien. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. II. vii. 210 Tokens..of alienated feeling, if not of alienated act. 1881N. T. (Revised) Eph. ii. 12 Alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenant of the promise.
2. Transferred to other ownership.
1611Cotgr., Aliené, aliened, alienated..sold, or made away. 1759Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1802) I. i. 234 He found his revenues wasted or alienated. 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. IV. xvii. 59 Some parts of the alienated lands were in course of William's reign restored.
†3. Made other or different; altered. Obs.
1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. viii. (1628) 262 Also written Heughe, and alienated among strangers vnto Hugo.
†4. Bot. (See quot.) Obs.
1853Mayne Exp. Lex., Alienatus, Applied to first leaves, which give way to others different from them. |