antagonize

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishantagonizean‧tag‧o‧nize (also antagonise British English) /ænˈtæɡənaɪz/ verb [transitive] ANNOYto annoy someone very much by doing something that they do not like Do not antagonize your customers.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusantagonize• I cravenly agreed, simply in order not to antagonize and perhaps lose him.• The White House does not want to antagonize Beijing.• The slogans antagonized his customers and often got him into ideological hot water.• It was done to antagonize, not to amuse.• Matt wasn't the sort of man to antagonize people.• You don't want to antagonize rich and powerful Emissaries, especially not on their own ship in deep space.• The police department antagonizes the black community here on an almost regular basis.• This is effective not because it lowers serum potassium concentration but because it directly antagonizes the membrane depolarizing effect of hyperkalemia.• And Victor Amadeus could not afford to antagonize them too deeply, for fear of their power as a class.Origin antagonize (1600-1700) Greek antagonizesthai, from anti- ( → ANTI-) + agonizesthai “to fight” (from agon; → AGONY)

单词	antagonize
释义	antagonize From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishantagonizean‧tag‧o‧nize (also antagonise British English) /ænˈtæɡənaɪz/ verb [transitive] ANNOYto annoy someone very much by doing something that they do not like Do not antagonize your customers.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusantagonize• I cravenly agreed, simply in order not to antagonize and perhaps lose him.• The White House does not want to antagonize Beijing.• The slogans antagonized his customers and often got him into ideological hot water.• It was done to antagonize, not to amuse.• Matt wasn't the sort of man to antagonize people.• You don't want to antagonize rich and powerful Emissaries, especially not on their own ship in deep space.• The police department antagonizes the black community here on an almost regular basis.• This is effective not because it lowers serum potassium concentration but because it directly antagonizes the membrane depolarizing effect of hyperkalemia.• And Victor Amadeus could not afford to antagonize them too deeply, for fear of their power as a class.Origin antagonize (1600-1700) Greek antagonizesthai, from anti- ( → ANTI-) + agonizesthai “to fight” (from agon; → AGONY)
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