antagonist

英 [?n't?g(?)n?st] 美[?n't?ɡ?n?st]

反義詞

CET6+TEM4低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?antagonists;

1、ant- "against" + agon- + -ist.
2、含義：competitor, opponent, rival.

antagonist 對(duì)手

前綴anti-, 相對(duì)。詞根ag, 做。

antagonist: antagonist: [16] Greek agón (source of English agony) meant ‘contest, conflict’. Hence the concept of ‘struggling against (anti-) someone’ was conveyed in Greek by the verb antagōnízesthai. The derived noun antagōnistés entered English via French or late Latin.
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antagonist (n.): 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 "contest" (see agony). Originally in battle or sport, extended 1620s to any sphere of human activity.

1. Spassky had never previously lost to his antagonist.: 斯帕斯基以往從未輸給過(guò)他的對(duì)手。

2. His antagonist in the debate was quicker than he.: 在辯論中他的對(duì)手比他反應(yīng)快.

3. The thing is to know the nature of your antagonist.: 要緊的是要了解你的對(duì)手的特性.