alienate

alienate
verb
[with obj.]
  1. cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged
    使（某人）感到孤立（或疏远）
    an urban environment which would alienate its inhabitants.
    一个可能使其居民感到孤立的城市环境。
    [as adj. alienated]an alienated angst-ridden twenty-two-year-old.
    一位被孤立的、焦虑的22岁青年。
    ■cause (someone) to become unsympathetic or hostile
    使（某人）变得不同情（或敌视）
    the association does not wish to alienate its members.
    协会不愿使其成员敌对起来。
  2. (Law)transfer ownership of (property rights) to another person or group
    (律)转让（产权）
常用词组
alienate someone's affections
  1. (US Law)induce someone to transfer their affection from a person (such as a spouse) with legal rights or claims on them
    (美律)引诱某人移情
派生
alienator
noun
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: from Latin alienat- 'estranged', from the verb alienare, from alienus 'of another' (see alien)
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