| 单词 | alienated |
| 释义 | alienated (once / 2559 pages) 1adj 2adj An alienated person feels estranged or divided from others, like a shy bookworm sitting in a group of enthusiastic sports fans. The word alienated comes from the Latin alienus, which means "of or belonging to another place" — like an alien! A person who feels alienated may not actually be from another place (or planet), but he sure feels that way. You may feel alienated from your friends if they have all decided that punk rock is the greatest thing on earth, but you are still loyal to the classic rock that you all used to love. WORD FAMILYalien: alienated, aliened, alienism, alienly, aliens+/alienism: alienisms, alienist/alienist: alienists USAGE EXAMPLESPenney Co. cut back sales and promotions in favor of everyday low prices, but the move alienated shoppers and sales plummeted. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) Muslims who despise jihadists and long to modernize their countries with free markets and democratic institutions will be alienated from their potential Western partners. Washington Post(Dec 11, 2016) But equally important now are domestic violence, alcoholism, depression and anxiety conditions, alienated youth, exam-mania and much else. BBC(Dec 11, 2016) 1 adj caused to be unloved 2Syn estranged unloved not loved adj socially disoriented we live in an age of rootless alienated people Syn anomic, disoriented unoriented not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained |
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