| 单词 | antagonist |
| 释义 | antagonist (once / 799 pages) n An antagonist is someone who opposes someone else. In the book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," the antagonist is the Grinch, because he tries to make life miserable for every Who down in Whoville. The noun antagonist shows up a lot when people are talking about books, plays, or movies to mean "the bad guy," but it can also be used to talk about a real person if she acts against someone else. An antagonist is always in opposition, but she isn't always bad or mean; your opponent on the tennis court, for example, could be called your antagonist, simply because it is her priority to beat you in your tennis game. WORD FAMILYantagonist: antagonists+/antagonise: antagonised, antagonises, antagonising/antagonism: antagonise, antagonisms, antagonist, antagonistic, antagonize/antagonistic: antagonistically/antagonize: antagonized, antagonizes, antagonizing USAGE EXAMPLESWhen antagonists appear, they arrive in a caravan of police cars. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) One law enacted Wednesday allows pharmacists to dispense, without a prescription, opioid antagonists. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) That especially includes those who were the principal antagonists, the people who ran the campaigns during the general election. Washington Post(Dec 03, 2016) 1n someone who offers opposition Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper adversary, opponent, opposer, resister agonist someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) Antichrist (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ dueler, duelist, dueller, duellist a person who fights duels enemy, foe, foeman, oppositionan armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) Ludditeany opponent of technological progress withstanderan opponent who resists with force or resolution besiegeran enemy who lays siege to your position individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 2n a muscle that relaxes while another contracts when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist Hyper antagonistic muscle (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another 3n a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug Ant|Hypo|Hyper synergist a drug that augments the activity of another drug estrogen antagonist, tamoxifen an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer narcotic antagonistan antagonist used to counteract the effects of narcotics (especially to counteract the depression of respiration) Nalline, nalorphinea narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine) Narcan, naloxonea potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine naltrexonean oral antagonist against the action of opiates drug a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic |
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