antagonist
英 [?n't?g(?)n?st]
美 [?n't?ɡ?n?st]
- n. 敵手；[解剖] 對抗肌；[生化] 拮抗物；反協(xié)同試劑
助記提示
1、ant- "against" + agon- + -ist.
2、含義：competitor, opponent, rival.
中文詞源
antagonist 對手前綴anti-, 相對。詞根ag, 做。
英文詞源
- antagonist
- antagonist: [16] Greek agón (source of English agony) meant ‘contest, conflict’. Hence the concept of ‘struggling against (anti-) someone’ was conveyed in Greek by the verb antagōnízesthai. The derived noun antagōnistés entered English via French or late Latin.
=> agony - antagonist (n.)
- 1590s, from French antagoniste (16c.) or directly from Late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagonistes "competitor, opponent, rival," agent noun from antagonizesthai "to struggle against, oppose, be a rival," from anti- "against" (see anti-) + agonizesthai "to contend for a prize," from agon "contest" (see agony). Originally in battle or sport, extended 1620s to any sphere of human activity.
雙語例句
- 1. Spassky had never previously lost to his antagonist.
- 斯帕斯基以往從未輸給過他的對手。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His antagonist in the debate was quicker than he.
- 在辯論中他的對手比他反應(yīng)快.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The thing is to know the nature of your antagonist.
- 要緊的是要了解你的對手的特性.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The knight defeated each antagonist.
- 那位騎士打敗了每一個敵手.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He wondered what his antagonist was doing.
- 他不知道他的敵手在做些什么.
來自辭典例句