英:[ɪˈstreɪndʒmənt]
美:[əˈstrendʒmənt]
英:[ɪˈstreɪndʒmənt]
美:[əˈstrendʒmənt]
复数:estrangements
词根:estrange
adj.estranged 疏远的;不和的
v.estranged 使疏远;使隔离;使离间(estrange的过去分词)
vt.estrange 使疏远;离间
verb
transitive verb
to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness : alienate She became estranged from her family.
John's excesses gradually estranged him from his mother …—Philip Norman
to remove from customary environment or associations
The first words spoken were not those of one becoming estranged from this world, and already permitted to stray at times into realms foreign to the living.—Charlotte Brontë
1650年代,来自 estrange + -ment。
Middle English, from Anglo-French estrangir, estranger, from Medieval Latin extraneare, from Latin extraneus strange — more at strange >entry 1
The first known use of estrange was in the 15th century
et cetera
and others especially of the same kind : and so forth
et cetera
and others especially of the same kind : and so forth
étagèrenoun
a piece of furniture that consists of a set of open shelves
etanoun
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet—Η or η
-et1 of 2noun suffix
small one : lesser one cellaret
baronet
-et2 of 2noun suffix
group
octet
estuarynoun
a passage where the tide meets a river currentespecially: an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river
estuarynoun
a passage where the tide meets a river currentespecially: an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river
estrusnoun
a periodic state during which the female of most mammals is willing to mate with the male and is capable of becoming pregnant
estrous cycle
estrogennoun
a substance that tends to cause the development of secondary sex characteristics in the female and promote the growth and normal functioning of the female reproductive system
estrangeverb
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring : alienate
estranged from their children
1 There are letters that evoke his bitter estrangement from America in the 1950s.
2 They look at desire, estrangement, insecurity, pop fandom, shoplifting and, in the album’s title song, climate change.
3 The answers speak to Berlin's appeal and the estrangement that many young Israelis feel toward their native land.
4 They finally came together after years of estrangement.
在多年不和之后,他们终于言归于好了.
5 That formal fragmentation, and the fact that Jean and Jonah don’t directly interact, highlights the ache and frustration of their estrangement.
6 Their appearance had the reverse effect, of breeding estrangement and falsity, the idea that they were truly “the other.”
7 The estrangement didn’t really start for me until college, because that’s when I hit the wall with European art, which I did not connect to.
8 Far better is an earlier scene in which Shigemori and his daughter share little but a restaurant booth and their mutual estrangement.
9 Friends managed to reconcile HIM with his wife after years of estrangement.
朋友们终于使他和疏远多年的妻子和解。
10 Jealousy and estrangement lead to separation; the husband succumbs to violent and self-destructive impulses and fantasies.
11 His severe disfigurement and mental anguish, however, are only the latest stresses on a family whose deep dysfunction has resulted in Colleen’s estrangement.
12 There were quarrels that led to lasting estrangements.
13 They have stories of vicious discrimination and estrangement from family members.
14 Don’t go to war over trifles, and don’t go nuclear — estrangement — unless you’ve exhausted less potent means to save yourself.
15 Her dementia hadn't been the cause of our estrangement; that had been in the works my whole life.
16 It’s important not to suggest that family estrangement is a reasonable response to routine faults and frustrations.
17 He told me that quite often elderly parents will report that an estrangement happened “for no reason.”
18 The only exceptions I have seen are when the parent of the girls is not in the picture, either due to distance, death or estrangement.
19 In terse, lucid pop structures that could be X-rays of British art-pop past — David Bowie, New Order, the Cure — Ms. Croft and Mr. Sim sing about longing and estrangement.
20 Remember that the most innocent time, I hope our luxury, we no longer have the estrangement.
怀念那段我们之间最纯真的流年,我奢侈,希望我们不再有隔阂。