| 词汇 | antagonizing |
| 释义 | antagonizing present participle ofantagonize antagonize verb[ T ] (UK usuallyantagonise)uk /ænˈtæɡ.ə.naɪz/ us /ænˈtæɡ.ə.naɪz/ to make someone dislike you or feel opposed to you: 使对抗，使对立;引起…的敌意（或反感） It's a very delicate situation and I've no wish to antagonize him.这是一种很棘手的局面，而我无意使他和我反目成仇。 Causing feelings of anger and displeasure aggravate aggrieve alienate anger annoy bend go too faridiom goat grate hack someone off harass joke nark nose rub someone up the wrong wayidiom ruffle ruffle someone's feathersidiom set someone's teeth on edgeidiom step/tread on someone's toesidiom tit Examples of antagonizingantagonizing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In attempting to reconcile the church with the scientific tradition, he ran the risk of antagonizing both reactionary and progressive opinion. His dilemma was how to prevent them from becoming overmighty without antagonizing them by acting against their interests. Here too, problems were compounded by minimizing proven environmental difficulties and antagonizing the local population. Vasodilators are molecules which increase blood flow by antagonizing vasoconstrictors produced by the haemostatic system following tissue injury. 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. Payne feared that the latter mandate, by antagonizing prevailing sentiment about the respect and authority due the church, would undermine the former. I think they will in that way achieve the speedier result, which we all want, than by a process of antagonizing the building societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were up skateboarding until late hours of the morning, antagonizing security guards, and we were just always having fun. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Yet he always seemed to get a rise out of the crowd as an antagonizing heel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has no facial expressions and seems to enjoy antagonizing her, calling her battle addict or fighting chicken. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I think you underestimate the forces we are antagonizing... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Distributors also risk antagonizing their subscribers if they drop one or more channels from their lineup. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The whole family are stressing out, and go on an antagonizing search across the seas for them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Batchelder himself had a great capacity to analyze his fellow humans, and knew how to ask questions without antagonizing his interlocutor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He shares with his brother a typical brotherly love-hate relationship, supporting and antagonizing his elder sibling as his mood requires. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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