| 单词 | alienate |
| 释义 | alienate (once / 1121 pages) 1v 2v When you alienate people, you make them stop liking or caring about you. Show up at a conference of cat lovers with a sign around your neck that says, "I hate kittens," and you'll learn firsthand what that means. Back in the days of Latin, before the word alien came to mean little green men from outer space, it described something or someone that was foreign or different or not known: an alien custom, an alien nation. When you alienate people, you make them WISH you were an alien, or at least that they could send you to the moon. WORD FAMILYalienate: alienable, alienates, alienating, alienation, alienator+/alienable: inalienable, unalienable/alienation: alienations/alienator: alienators/inalienable: inalienably/unalienable: unalienably USAGE EXAMPLESDistributors do not want to risk alienating more customers by continuously raising their rates. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) “No, don’t do that, because it’ll taint those shows for fans of the originals, and alienate younger viewers,” replied literally everyone else. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) “What a way to alienate your customers and potential customers! Grow up. Not very professional and lacking business and common sense!” another wrote. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1v arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness Syn|Hypo|Hyper alien, disaffect, estrange drift apart, drift away lose personal contact over time weandetach the affections of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated 2the boring work alienated his employees Hyper affect, impress, move, strike have an emotional or cognitive impact upon v transfer property or ownership Syn|Hyper alien transfer cause to change ownership |
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