alienate
常考释义
1.~ sb使疏远;使不友好;离间to make sb less friendly or sympathetic towards you
His comments have alienated a lot of young voters.他的评论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
2.~ sb (from sth/sb)使(与某群体)格格不入;使疏远to make sb feel that they do not belong in a particular group
Very talented children may feel alienated from the others in their class.天才出众的孩子可能觉得与班上的同学格格不入。
As a small business owner, he said he didn't want to alienate potential customers. And, he wanted to keep his head down.
身为小企业主的他说不想把潜在的顾客拒之门外,他也希望低调行事。
They had chosen those limits so as not to alienate themselves from friends and family, and it had never felt like much of a constraint.
他们这么做,是为了不和朋友和家庭疏远,他们也没觉得这是什么限制。
I would have to immediately alienate half of our constituents: 'Wait a minute, we thought this guy was a Republican.
我有可能不得不马上将我们的捐助者们分为两部分:‘稍等,我们认为这位是一名共和党人。
Information is not always "good" , but it merged entity, not alienate supporters in a way transfer is key.
信息不会总是“好”的,但它在合并后的实体内以一种不疏远支持者的方式传递是关键性的。
Trying to make money in other ways could be risky, since it might alienate users and damage the social graph.
而其他的生财之道却可能有很大的风险,它可能会降低用户的积极性并进而危及到整个社会图。
alienate: Law To transfer (property or a right) to the ownership of another, especially by an act of the owner rather than by inheritance.
【法律】转让,让渡:将(财产或权力)转给他人,尤指所有人的主动行为而非继承权
Within a few months of being hired, he had somehow managed to alienate many of his fellow product managers as well as engineers.
在他被雇用的几个月里,不知何故他让他的产品经理同事和工程师一样疏远他。
I do not agree that the skin color of a female victim shall alienate me from a gender sense of unity and peril.
我认为女性受害者的肤色不应该是我对团结和危险的意识产生麻木。
I do not agree that the genuine gender concerns that I embody shall alienate me from a racial sense of unity and peril.
我认为我所体现的真正性别的担心应该是我远离团结和危险的种族意识。
Never publicly say which cities you want to go. Why alienate all the fans in your present city when most cried every tear with you?
不要在公共场所说你想去哪个球队。这样会疏远你现在所在城市的球迷,到时就没那么多球迷为你哭泣。
Each was expected to live on the produce of his lot, which he could not alienate except by free gift.
每个人只能靠自己份地的出产而过活,份地除了自由馈赠而外是不能转让的。
Goldman sees itself as "long-term greedy" , preferring to forgo profit today rather than to alienate a client.
高盛将自己定义为渴望长期利益者,宁肯放弃一时利益,也不愿疏远一个客户。
That American priest's decision will probably mystify and alienate both the girls and boys of his parish, not to mention the adults.
这位美国司铎的决定很可能令堂区的男孩与女孩感到困惑不解并与教会疏离,更不用说成年人了。
The net effect was to alienate completely the city's population and spark resignations by officials of the ruling United Russia party.
结果是让当地市民彻底不满,并引发执政的统一俄罗斯党(UnitedRussia)官员辞职。
'It is a dangerous principle that will alienate consumers and the food industry alike, ' he said.
他表示:这个危险的建议会让消费者和食品工业产生隔阂。
Each individual must by a social contract alienate all his natural rights without reservation to the whole community.
每个个人都必须根据社会契约毫无保留地将其所有的自然权利让渡给整个团体。
Others give warning that such a move would simply alienate potential buyers of GM cars, making the situation graver still.
有的警告说这样做只会让通用汽车的潜在购买者心存疑虑,而使形势变得更严峻。
I am really worried, but I'm afraid if I say anything, I could alienate both my son and daughter-in-law .
我真的非常的担心,但是我害怕如果我说了什么,我就可能疏远我的儿子和儿媳。
Alienate Yahoo, Microsoft said it would take its case directly to Yahoo's shareholders if its board directors failed to respond.
撇开雅虎,微软称其将会直接与雅虎的股东商讨,假如雅虎的董事会拒绝作出回应的话。
Be prepared to lose friends or alienate other people if you insist on being stubborn.
如果你顽固不化,你可能会失去朋友或是疏远别人。
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