antagonize
- IPA[anˈtaɡəˌnīz]
美式
- cause (someone) to become hostile or angry;(of a substance) act as an antagonist of (a substance or its action)
verb: antagonize, 3rd person present: antagonizes, gerund or present participle: antagonizing, past tense: antagonized, past participle: antagonized
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. cause (someone) to become hostile or angry he antagonized fellow architects by criticizing traditional values she seemed reckless in the way she deliberately tried to antagonize her interviewers
- 2. (of a substance) act as an antagonist of (a substance or its action) two other drugs antagonized the antidepressant-like effect
- 更多解釋
- IPA[anˈtaɡənʌɪz]
英式
- cause (someone) to become hostile or angry: he antagonized fellow architects by criticizing traditional values she seemed reckless in the way she deliberately tried to antagonize her interviewers
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