英语词汇“estrange”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	estrange
释义	es·trange \ə̇ˈstrānj, eˈ-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French estranger, from Old French estrangier, from Medieval Latin extraneare, from Latin extraneus foreign, strange — more at strange 1. : to remove or keep at a distance especially from customary environment or associations < his constant need to travel served to estrange him from most family activities > 2. : to divert in affection or personal attachment : destroy one's confidence in : arouse enmity or indifference in where there had been originally love, affection, or friendliness < the difference in religion brought on clashes between the two and ultimately estranged them > < the father's need to dominate quickly estranged all but one of the children > < poverty and misery had estranged him from his background — E.H.Erikson > 3. : to make alien or a stranger in condition, character, or appearance — now used with from < writers who somehow felt estranged from their native life when the thread had once been broken — Van Wyck Brooks > < if a young man is not as anxious to work as he might be, let us remember that laws like that have helped estrange him from habits of industry — Elijah Adlow > Synonyms: alienate, disaffect, wean: estrange may suggest development of hostility, separation, or divorcement < the estranging film of defensive reticence which separates nearly all of us from our friends — C.E.Montague > alienate may not suggest separation but does indicate a changing of affection, sympathy, and interest to coldness, aloofness, or antipathy < the governor and judges, who had alienated the people by arrogating to themselves the judicial, legislative, and executive powers of government — American Guide Series: Michigan > < the colossal impudence of his comment on his former and now alienated associate — E.V.Lucas > disaffect indicates causing loss of warm and ready loyalty and inducing unrest and discontent < the disloyalists tried to disaffect the militia, preaching treason — C.G.Bowers > wean indicates separating commendably from someone or something that another is weakly dependent on or immaturely preoccupied with < wean your minds from hankering after false Germanic standards — A.T.Quiller-Couch > < definitely weaned from close emotional dependency on his parents — John Dollard >
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