单词	antagonize
释义	antagonizean‧tag‧o‧nize (also antagonise British English) /ænˈtæɡənaɪz/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINantagonize Origin: 1600-1700 Greek antagonizesthai, from anti- ( ➔ ANTI-) + agonizesthai ‘to fight’ (from agon; ➔ AGONY) Verb Table VERB TABLE antagonize Simple Form Present I, you, we, they antagonize he, she, it antagonizes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they antagonized Present perfect I, you, we, they have antagonized he, she, it has antagonized Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had antagonized Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will antagonize Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have antagonized Continuous Form Present I am antagonizing he, she, it is antagonizing you, we, they are antagonizing Past I, he, she, it was antagonizing you, we, they were antagonizing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been antagonizing he, she, it has been antagonizing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been antagonizing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be antagonizing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been antagonizing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The police department antagonizes the black community here on an almost regular basis. The White House does not want to antagonize Beijing. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And Victor Amadeus could not afford to antagonize them too deeply, for fear of their power as a class. I cravenly agreed, simply in order not to antagonize and perhaps lose him. It was done to antagonize, not to amuse. Matt wasn't the sort of man to antagonize people. The slogans antagonized his customers and often got him into ideological hot water. This is effective not because it lowers serum potassium concentration but because it directly antagonizes the membrane depolarizing effect of hyperkalemia. You don't want to antagonize rich and powerful Emissaries, especially not on their own ship in deep space. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto deliberately make someone angry► provoke · The dog wouldn't bite you for just petting her. You must have provoked her.provoke somebody into (doing) something · Paul tried to provoke Fletcher into a fight. ► wind somebody up especially British informal to deliberately say or do something in order to make someone angry, especially because you enjoy making them angry: · She's married again? You're winding me up!· He only pretends to be sexist in order to wind me up. ► antagonize to make someone feel angry with you by doing something that they do not like: · The White House does not want to antagonize Beijing.· The police department antagonizes the black community here on an almost regular basis. to annoy someone very much by doing something that they do not like:  Do not antagonize your customers.
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