| 单词 | estrange |
| 释义 | es·trange 1. < his constant need to travel served to estrange him from most family activities > 2. < 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. < 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: < 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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