alienate

al·ien·ate

A0199900 (āl′yə-nāt′, ā′lē-ə-)tr.v. al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing, al·ien·ates 1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange: alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions.2. To cause to become withdrawn or unresponsive; isolate or dissociate emotionally: The numbing labor tended to alienate workers.3. To cause to be transferred; turn away: "He succeeded ... in alienating the affections of my only ward" (Oscar Wilde).4. Law To transfer (property or a right) to the ownership of another, especially by an act of the owner rather than by inheritance.

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[Latin aliēnāre, aliēnāt-, from Latin aliēnus, alien; see alien.]

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al′ien·a′tor n.

alienate

(ˈeɪljəˌneɪt; ˈeɪlɪə-) vb (tr) 1. to cause (a friend, sympathizer, etc) to become indifferent, unfriendly, or hostile; estrange2. to turn away; divert: to alienate the affections of a person. 3. (Law) law to transfer the ownership of (property, title, etc) to another person ˈalienˌator n

al•ien•ate

(ˈeɪl yəˌneɪt, ˈeɪ li ə-)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. 1. to turn away the affection of; make indifferent or hostile: He has alienated most of his friends. 2. to transfer or divert: to alienate funds from their intended purpose. 3. Law. to convey (title, property, etc.) to another: to alienate lands. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin aliēnātus, past participle of aliēnāre, derivative of aliēnus alien] al′ien•a`tor, n. syn: See estrange.

alienate

Past participle: alienated
Gerund: alienating

Imperative
alienate
alienate

Present
I alienate
you alienate
he/she/it alienates
we alienate
you alienate
they alienate

Preterite
I alienated
you alienated
he/she/it alienated
we alienated
you alienated
they alienated

Present Continuous
I am alienating
you are alienating
he/she/it is alienating
we are alienating
you are alienating
they are alienating

Present Perfect
I have alienated
you have alienated
he/she/it has alienated
we have alienated
you have alienated
they have alienated

Past Continuous
I was alienating
you were alienating
he/she/it was alienating
we were alienating
you were alienating
they were alienating

Past Perfect
I had alienated
you had alienated
he/she/it had alienated
we had alienated
you had alienated
they had alienated

Future
I will alienate
you will alienate
he/she/it will alienate
we will alienate
you will alienate
they will alienate

Future Perfect
I will have alienated
you will have alienated
he/she/it will have alienated
we will have alienated
you will have alienated
they will have alienated

Future Continuous
I will be alienating
you will be alienating
he/she/it will be alienating
we will be alienating
you will be alienating
they will be alienating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been alienating
you have been alienating
he/she/it has been alienating
we have been alienating
you have been alienating
they have been alienating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been alienating
you will have been alienating
he/she/it will have been alienating
we will have been alienating
you will have been alienating
they will have been alienating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been alienating
you had been alienating
he/she/it had been alienating
we had been alienating
you had been alienating
they had been alienating

Conditional
I would alienate
you would alienate
he/she/it would alienate
we would alienate
you would alienate
they would alienate

Past Conditional
I would have alienated
you would have alienated
he/she/it would have alienated
we would have alienated
you would have alienated
they would have alienated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	alienate - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"disaffect, estrange, alienalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"drift apart, drift away - lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married"wean - detach the affections of
	2.	alienate - transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"alientransfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
	3.	alienate - make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

alienate

verb antagonize, anger, annoy, offend, irritate, hassle (informal), gall, repel, estrange, piss off (taboo slang), lose the affection of, disaffect The government cannot afford to alienate either group.alienate someone from something estrange, separate, divide, divorce, divert, break off, set against, disunite, part, drive apart, make hostile, disaffect, set at odds, make unfriendly His ex-wife was determined to alienate him from his two boys.

alienate

verb1. To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic:disaffect, disunite, estrange.Idiom: set at odds.2. Law. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document:cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over.Law: alien, assign, convey, transfer.

Translations

使疏远

alien

(ˈeiliən) adjective foreign. alien customs. 外國的 外国的 noun1. a foreigner. Aliens are not welcome there. 外國人 外侨2. a creature from another planet. aliens from outer space; He claims that he was abducted by aliens. 外星人 外星人ˈalienate (-neit) verb to make someone feel unfriendly to one. He alienated his wife by his cruelty to her. 使疏遠 使疏远ˌalieˈnation noun 疏遠 疏远