antagonist是什麼意思 antagonist的用法 antagonist怎麼讀
antagonist
英 [æn'tæg(ə)nɪst]美 [æn'tæɡənɪst]
n. 敵手；[解剖] 對抗肌；[生化] 拮抗物；反協同試劑
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記憶方法
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。
英語詞源
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.
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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.
權威例句
1. Spassky had never previously lost to his antagonist.
斯帕斯基以往從未輸給過他的對手。
2. His antagonist in the debate was quicker than he.
在辯論中他的對手比他反應快.
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.
4. The knight defeated each antagonist.
那位騎士打敗了每一個敵手.
5. He wondered what his antagonist was doing.
他不知道他的敵手在做些什麼.
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