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词汇 antagonistic
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Definition of antagonistic in English:

antagonistic

adjective anˌtaɡ(ə)ˈnɪstɪkænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk
  • 1Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.

    有对立情绪的;对抗的;敌对的;敌意的

    he was antagonistic to the government's reforms

    他对政府的改革持对抗态度。

    an antagonistic group of bystanders

    一群持敌对态度的旁观者。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have often wondered why so many theologians are keen on the very writers who are most overtly antagonistic to Christianity.
    • The capitalist profit motive is antagonistic to public health, preferring to treat illness rather than preventing it.
    • Would any of the societies be antagonistic to each other?
    • I am left wondering what moves people to be so antagonistic to two beautiful and harmless wild creatures.
    • It is deeply rooted in place and profoundly antagonistic to market values.
    • I was disappointed that our elected representative was so antagonistic to councillors who were working hard to resolve the dispute.
    • Their attitudes concerning poetry and its function in life are different, sometimes even antagonistic to one another.
    • In the future we might have a Government that is pretty antagonistic to the aid community, and is running some rather strange foreign policy agendas.
    • The ceremony at the square was watched by more than three thousand people, including many who had been so antagonistic to him.
    • These two communities are often antagonistic to each other, and I think that may be because they do not understand each other.
    • Although antagonistic to this cultural heritage, their critiques can themselves be said to assume a national frame.
    • The commission on men may well die on the vine from being stacked with members who are antagonistic to, or ignorant of, men's issues.
    • He was rude and antagonistic to my friends, kept picking arguments and was often deliberately provocative, manipulating people into tense arguments.
    • Nor are most Australians of Irish descent (partial or complete) antagonistic to Britain.
    • But in Britain and the US many people feel ambivalent or antagonistic towards the mainstream popular resistance.
    • Greek city-states were fiercely independent and often profoundly antagonistic to their immediate Greek neighbours.
    • Lutheranism developed in two different directions, somewhat antagonistic to one another.
    • It is no longer possible for any section of the global population to cling to a system of thinking that is uncompromisingly antagonistic to the thinking of others.
    • Some students have trouble coping with friends or family members who are antagonistic to their teaching aspirations.
    • It recognizes that politics must have an underlying morality to it, but it is antagonistic to traditional morality.
    Synonyms
    hostile, opposed, inimical, antipathetic, unsympathetic, ill-disposed, resistant, averse
    against, (dead) set against, at odds with, at variance with, in disagreement with, dissenting from
    informal anti, agin
    hostile, aggressive, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, combative, contentious, truculent, confrontational, quarrelsome, argumentative
    rare oppugnant
    North American informal badass
  • 2Biochemistry Physiology
    Relating to an antagonist or its action.

    〔生化,生理〕拮抗物(或拮抗作用)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has both agonistic actions and weak opioid antagonistic activity.
    • This is compatible with a genuine antagonistic action of the drugs during their gradual diffusion and washout.
    • Furthermore, an antagonistic effect of added amino acids, such as glutamine, on sucrose-induced GS expression was observed.
    • The arms are an important means of defence of our vulnerable points, including the head, chest, and abdomen, as well as of antagonistic connections to others.
    • Such an antagonistic effect of UVA could potentially explain much of the controversy.

Derivatives

  • antagonistically

  • adverb antaɡəˈnɪstɪkliˌænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk(ə)li
    • In this process, we see the fallacy of blaming others for our emotional reactions and we are less likely to act out antagonistically or violently toward others.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We discuss alternative pathways of sexual selection that may have acted in this system, including the possibility that female preferences and male traits have evolved antagonistically.
      • They react antagonistically to any demand from the rank-and-file for democracy and accountability.
      • These molecules appear to function antagonistically, especially regarding regulation of cell proliferation.
      • We found that mildly deleterious mutations interacted synergistically in poor-resource environments but antagonistically in rich-resource environments.

Definition of antagonistic in US English:

antagonistic

adjectiveænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪkanˌtaɡəˈnistik
  • 1Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility toward someone or something.

    有对立情绪的;对抗的;敌对的;敌意的

    he was antagonistic to the government's reforms

    他对政府的改革持对抗态度。

    an antagonistic group of bystanders

    一群持敌对态度的旁观者。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lutheranism developed in two different directions, somewhat antagonistic to one another.
    • The commission on men may well die on the vine from being stacked with members who are antagonistic to, or ignorant of, men's issues.
    • I am left wondering what moves people to be so antagonistic to two beautiful and harmless wild creatures.
    • Nor are most Australians of Irish descent (partial or complete) antagonistic to Britain.
    • I was disappointed that our elected representative was so antagonistic to councillors who were working hard to resolve the dispute.
    • Some students have trouble coping with friends or family members who are antagonistic to their teaching aspirations.
    • Although antagonistic to this cultural heritage, their critiques can themselves be said to assume a national frame.
    • The capitalist profit motive is antagonistic to public health, preferring to treat illness rather than preventing it.
    • It is deeply rooted in place and profoundly antagonistic to market values.
    • The ceremony at the square was watched by more than three thousand people, including many who had been so antagonistic to him.
    • I have often wondered why so many theologians are keen on the very writers who are most overtly antagonistic to Christianity.
    • Greek city-states were fiercely independent and often profoundly antagonistic to their immediate Greek neighbours.
    • Would any of the societies be antagonistic to each other?
    • It recognizes that politics must have an underlying morality to it, but it is antagonistic to traditional morality.
    • Their attitudes concerning poetry and its function in life are different, sometimes even antagonistic to one another.
    • But in Britain and the US many people feel ambivalent or antagonistic towards the mainstream popular resistance.
    • He was rude and antagonistic to my friends, kept picking arguments and was often deliberately provocative, manipulating people into tense arguments.
    • In the future we might have a Government that is pretty antagonistic to the aid community, and is running some rather strange foreign policy agendas.
    • It is no longer possible for any section of the global population to cling to a system of thinking that is uncompromisingly antagonistic to the thinking of others.
    • These two communities are often antagonistic to each other, and I think that may be because they do not understand each other.
    Synonyms
    hostile, opposed, inimical, antipathetic, unsympathetic, ill-disposed, resistant, averse
    hostile, aggressive, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, combative, contentious, truculent, confrontational, quarrelsome, argumentative
    1. 1.1Biochemistry Physiology Relating to an antagonist or its action.
      〔生化,生理〕拮抗物(或拮抗作用)的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The arms are an important means of defence of our vulnerable points, including the head, chest, and abdomen, as well as of antagonistic connections to others.
      • Furthermore, an antagonistic effect of added amino acids, such as glutamine, on sucrose-induced GS expression was observed.
      • Such an antagonistic effect of UVA could potentially explain much of the controversy.
      • It has both agonistic actions and weak opioid antagonistic activity.
      • This is compatible with a genuine antagonistic action of the drugs during their gradual diffusion and washout.
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