【alienate】 - SAT备考词汇

alienate

UK:  ['eɪliəneɪt]

US:  ['eɪliə.neɪt]

第三人称单数：alienates  现在分词：alienating  过去式：alienated  

v.

1.疏远;离间,挑拨,使…不和

2.使疏远

3.疏远,远离;厌弃

4.异化

5.把(资金等)移作他用

6.【法律】让渡,转让(所有权)

1 . Information is not always "good" , but it merged entity, not alienate supporters in a way transfer is key.
信息不会总是“好”的，但它在合并后的实体内以一种不疏远支持者的方式传递是关键性的。

2 . I would have to immediately alienate half of our constituents: 'Wait a minute, we thought this guy was a Republican.
我有可能不得不马上将我们的捐助者们分为两部分：‘稍等，我们认为这位是一名共和党人。

3 . They had chosen those limits so as not to alienate themselves from friends and family, and it had never felt like much of a constraint.
他们这么做，是为了不和朋友和家庭疏远，他们也没觉得这是什么限制。

4 . As a small business owner, he said he didn't want to alienate potential customers. And, he wanted to keep his head down.
身为小企业主的他说不想把潜在的顾客拒之门外，他也希望低调行事。

5 . Trying to make money in other ways could be risky, since it might alienate users and damage the social graph.
而其他的生财之道却可能有很大的风险，它可能会降低用户的积极性并进而危及到整个社会图。