a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary 对立者;对手;敌手 the woman was forcing her antagonist's face into the mud. 这女人正在把敌手的脸按到烂泥里。 ■(Biochemistry)a substance which interferes with or inhibits the physiological action of another (生化)拮抗物。 比较 agonist ■(Anatomy)a muscle whose action counteracts that of another specified muscle (剖)拮抗肌,对抗肌。 比较 agonist
语源
late 16th cent.: from French antagoniste or late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagōnistēs, from antagōnizesthai 'struggle against' (see antagonize)