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词汇 estrange
释义 estrange
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /ɪˈstreɪndʒ/ us /ɪˈstreɪndʒ/
to cause someone to no longer have a friendly relationship with another person or other people: (使)疏远;离间
estrange someone from someoneHer lifestyle estranged her from her parents.她的生活方式使她跟父母越来越疏远。
A misunderstanding had estranged the two friends.
to cause you to feel that you do not understand someone or something, or do not have any connection with him, her, or it: (使)不再理解;(使)不再明白
estrange someone from somethingCultural differences can estrange the reader from old texts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not being friendly
abrasive
abrasively
abrasiveness
abruptly
abruptness
aloof
estrangement from someone
flintily
forbidding
forbiddingly
freezingly
frigid
gruff
offish
remote
remoteness
reserved
reservedly
saturnine
wintry

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Isolating and separating

Examples of estrange


estrange
The negative term ' ' unheimlich ' ' (unhomely) defamiliarizes and estranges the home to make it ' ' uncanny.
When they fell out each sought to repair the damage in letters reminiscent more of two estranged lovers than the towering public and intellectual figures they actually were.
Women also reported that they and their husbands at times felt estranged from friends who had become family-oriented and had little to talk about except home and family.
Political oppression itself is also a source of alienation, mistrust, and selfcontempt that corrodes domestic relationships, estranges parents from their children, and undermines solidarity within communities.
Types especially seem to be estranged.
Many victims report that they feel detached or estranged from familiar others, feel emotionally numb, have less interest in previously significant activities, and have a sense of a foreshortened future.
By failing to see what it is, the regime loses its legitimacy and estranges itself from the people and from the international community.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Far worse, however, an estranged or violent parent could use it as a device to trace other parents or children.
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The most general fear is that the proposed structure will become impersonal and that many people will be estranged from the administration.
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They are estranged from home, family, culture and country.
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Various questions concerning the payment of allowances to separated or estranged wives are under consideration.
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They see that their estranged parents at least have a relaxed relationship.
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In my experience, the worst examples are the students who are estranged from their parents.
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They must examine the clean-break arrangements that many people made when they were first estranged.
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When a marriage becomes estranged the two parties will recognise this and act in the way that the law requires.
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