alienate

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a·li·en·ate /ˈeɪliəneɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

1 SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANto do something that makes someone unfriendly or unwilling to support you 使疏远，失去…的支持

The latest tax proposals will alienate many voters.

最新的纳税提案将失去远许多选民的支持。

2 to make it difficult for someone to belong to a particular group or to feel comfortable with a particular person 使格格不入，疏远

alienate somebody from something

He felt that his experiences had alienated him from society.

他感到自己的经历令他与社会格格不入。

—alienated adjectiveadj

Gina had become alienated from her family.

吉娜与家人疏远了。

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alienate• In the process, he alienated his wife and kids and began living in a motel room.• But, by courting them with such policies, they may alienate mainstream voters.• Jackson's comments alienated many baseball fans.• The situation brought out the viciousness in him, and I felt he was almost certainly going to alienate Émile for good.• He felt safer in the intellect, a fact that would at times alienate those who thought him arrogant or intolerant.

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