antagonist
antagonist 英 [ænˈtægənɪst] 美 [ænˈtæɡənɪst]
n. 敌手；[解剖] 对抗肌；[生化] 拮抗物；反协同试剂
名词复数:antagonists
- An antagonist is someone who opposes someone else. In the book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," the antagonist is the Grinch, because he tries to make life miserable for every Who down in Whoville.
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- n. 敌手；[解剖] 对抗肌；[生化] 拮抗物；反协同试剂
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1. He would stand in the sun in the middle of our courtyard and go through a wonderful series of antics with a staff--his own shadow being his antagonist.
他时常站在我们的院子当中，阳光下，用一根短棍，耍出一整套奇妙滑稽的动作---他自己的影子就是他的敌手。
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2. While public attention has focused on wind turbines as a menace to birds, a new study shows that a far greater threat may be posed by a more familiar antagonist: the pet house cat.
当公众集中把风力涡轮机作为鸟类的威胁时，新研究表明，一种较为熟悉的敌手--宠物家猫可能会给鸟类造成更为巨大的威胁。
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3. He hit upon a plan to defeat his antagonist.
他突然想出了一个挫败他对手的计划。
- antagonist (n.) "one who contends with another," 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 "a struggle, a contest" (see agony). Originally in battle or sport, extended 1620s to any sphere of human activity.
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