alienate

alienate v.

疏遠

英英解釋:動詞alienate:
1. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
同義詞：estrange, alien, disaffect
2. transfer property or ownership
同義詞：alien
3. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

字根詞源

來源於拉丁文alter，"other".英語中有一個拉丁借詞alter ego,從字面理解就是second I ,第二自我.所以alter ego 的引申詞義為"至極,至交密友;個性的另一面".alternative二者擇一的.看看計算機鍵盤上緊挨著空格鍵的選擇鍵Alt ,就是alternative的縮寫.