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单词 estrangement
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Definition of estrangement in English:

estrangement

noun ɪˈstreɪn(d)ʒm(ə)ntɛˈstreɪn(d)ʒm(ə)ntɛsˈtreɪn(d)ʒmənt
mass noun
  • 1The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group.

    the growing estrangement of the police from their communities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Five years later, a life-altering crisis makes Tessa passionately determined to end this estrangement.
    • The point of departure in this work is the religious individual's sense of estrangement from Western culture.
    • Mr. Quinn's personal life contributed to his estrangement from the church.
    • The gain of a moral commonality was in most cases at the cost of an estrangement from the academic environment.
    • The choice, however, between relationship and estrangement is entirely ours.
    • She will sense herself diminished and her estrangement will begin.
    • No man is capable of rectifying this state of estrangement from God.
    • There is no record of estrangement or any lack of devotion towards those he had left behind.
    • Such philosophers, who teach estrangement in every sense, are still strangers to one another.
    • I was aware that there had been some estrangement between the two.
    • Society's estrangement from the future undermines the capacity to generate ideas about what needs to be done.
    • The girls confront each other about their dead mom and their growing estrangement.
    • Her novel is not about suicide but about friendship, loyalty, family tie and estrangement in global communities.
    • Even its somber rhythms, tinged with a cold electronic feeling, speak of disillusionment and estrangement.
    • Most of his clients are people distraught at the estrangement of a family member.
    • The mutual estrangement has obscured in many respects the view of the living unique character of the other.
    • It also visualizes her estrangement from her companions at an all-women's college at Oxford.
    • Certain social factors, such as disparities in socioeconomic status, can lead to estrangement and alienation between individuals.
    • This estrangement from her father was the hardest thing to bear.
    • Jen's account shows how deeply-felt were her experiences of estrangement from well meaning, middle-class women.
    Synonyms
    alienation, turning away, antagonism, antipathy, disaffection, hostility, unfriendliness, embitteredness, isolation, variance, difference
    parting, separation, division, divorce, disunity, distance, break-up, split, breach, severance, schism
    1. 1.1 The fact of no longer living with one's spouse or partner; separation.
      a parent's rights in the event of divorce or estrangement
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Despite their estrangement, Agatha thinks constantly of James, and he of her.
      • Only a second reading will reveal that it is also the event responsible for Lewis and Priscilla's long estrangement.
      • Schlegel settled in Berlin in 1802, and the increasing estrangement between them was resolved by a divorce in 1803.
      • By 1982's Shoot Out The Lights the marriage was being openly dissected and both partners were on the way to permanent estrangement.
      • Betjeman refused and blamed Waugh in part for the estrangement in his marriage.
      • She ended up starring in the ill fated Buffalo 66, which led to their estrangement.
      • Her marriage to Mick appears to take the brunt of it although there is no obvious reason for their estrangement.
      • He says that my father's bankruptcy "seems to have begun an estrangement between Jabez Barwick and his wife."
      • However angry with him I was, I could not stand another day of estrangement from him.
      • Asked to comment on his recent estrangement from his spouse, Rempel was unapologetic.
      • C. Hosea was in a state of estrangement with his wife Gomer.
 
 

Definition of estrangement in US English:

estrangement

nounesˈtrān(d)ZHməntɛsˈtreɪn(d)ʒmənt
  • 1The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group.

    the growing estrangement of the police from their communities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most of his clients are people distraught at the estrangement of a family member.
    • Such philosophers, who teach estrangement in every sense, are still strangers to one another.
    • There is no record of estrangement or any lack of devotion towards those he had left behind.
    • Society's estrangement from the future undermines the capacity to generate ideas about what needs to be done.
    • The girls confront each other about their dead mom and their growing estrangement.
    • Certain social factors, such as disparities in socioeconomic status, can lead to estrangement and alienation between individuals.
    • The mutual estrangement has obscured in many respects the view of the living unique character of the other.
    • The gain of a moral commonality was in most cases at the cost of an estrangement from the academic environment.
    • This estrangement from her father was the hardest thing to bear.
    • I was aware that there had been some estrangement between the two.
    • Her novel is not about suicide but about friendship, loyalty, family tie and estrangement in global communities.
    • The choice, however, between relationship and estrangement is entirely ours.
    • It also visualizes her estrangement from her companions at an all-women's college at Oxford.
    • Even its somber rhythms, tinged with a cold electronic feeling, speak of disillusionment and estrangement.
    • She will sense herself diminished and her estrangement will begin.
    • No man is capable of rectifying this state of estrangement from God.
    • Jen's account shows how deeply-felt were her experiences of estrangement from well meaning, middle-class women.
    • Five years later, a life-altering crisis makes Tessa passionately determined to end this estrangement.
    • Mr. Quinn's personal life contributed to his estrangement from the church.
    • The point of departure in this work is the religious individual's sense of estrangement from Western culture.
    Synonyms
    alienation, turning away, antagonism, antipathy, disaffection, hostility, unfriendliness, embitteredness, isolation, variance, difference
    1. 1.1 The fact of no longer living with one's spouse; separation.
      a parent's rights in the event of divorce or estrangement
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her marriage to Mick appears to take the brunt of it although there is no obvious reason for their estrangement.
      • Despite their estrangement, Agatha thinks constantly of James, and he of her.
      • He says that my father's bankruptcy "seems to have begun an estrangement between Jabez Barwick and his wife."
      • However angry with him I was, I could not stand another day of estrangement from him.
      • Betjeman refused and blamed Waugh in part for the estrangement in his marriage.
      • Schlegel settled in Berlin in 1802, and the increasing estrangement between them was resolved by a divorce in 1803.
      • By 1982's Shoot Out The Lights the marriage was being openly dissected and both partners were on the way to permanent estrangement.
      • Asked to comment on his recent estrangement from his spouse, Rempel was unapologetic.
      • C. Hosea was in a state of estrangement with his wife Gomer.
      • She ended up starring in the ill fated Buffalo 66, which led to their estrangement.
      • Only a second reading will reveal that it is also the event responsible for Lewis and Priscilla's long estrangement.
 
 
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