antagonist

antagonist
noun
  1. 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
  1. late 16th cent.: from French antagoniste or late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagōnistēs, from antagōnizesthai 'struggle against' (see antagonize)
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