Definition of antagonist in English:

antagonist

noun anˈtaɡ(ə)nɪstænˈtæɡənəst

1A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
对立者；对手；敌手
he turned to confront his antagonist
Example sentencesExamples
- Where established governments proscribe popular vengeance in favor of legal prosecution, these revolutions liberated armed antagonists from judicial constraints.
- About 4 000 French and 1 200 West African peacekeepers are patrolling the no man's land between the antagonists.
- Thus, when the culture wars began in the late 1960s, the antagonists of a traditional curriculum were pushing against an open door.
- I don't know what I expected to hear or learn but I know what I did not expect was that it be turned into a party political broadcast on behalf of the main antagonists in the upcoming general election.
- Most of these countries, of course, are traditional adversaries or antagonists.
- In addition, Taoists sometimes saw in Buddhism an antagonist and competitor rather than a colleague.
- Meanwhile, their antagonists, soldiers, are ordinary people on ordinary pay, fighting - a thing that isn't attractive or tidy.
- But, as fate would have it, Darcy was called home early, and the two old antagonists once more confronted each other.
- Protagonists generally have needs, desires, goals, aversions and fears, and their efforts to achieve their goals are generally complicated or thwarted by an antagonist, who may be hostile to the protagonist.
- And more significantly, political and technical help has to be given in abundance for peaceful negotiations with the antagonists.
- It also means that copyright gives no one the exclusive right to tell stories about archaeologists in search of artifacts hidden in snake-infested caves while simultaneously confronting dangerous human antagonists.
- After breaking through my emotional blocks, I was ready to confront the antagonists in my life who contributed to my problem.
- As ultimate commander of the military, he must now move decisively and evenhandedly to disarm the antagonists.
- When he'd regained equilibrium, he whirled around to confront his antagonist.
- It is critical that even as we unveil the motivation of opponents and antagonists, we are careful not to inadvertently help them in their effort to disrupt our work.
- It's hard to have a really menacing antagonist when the antagonist isn't ever really sure what it is he's trying to accomplish.
- So the long and twisting battle begins, with numerous front-lawn confrontations between the two antagonists.
- Strikingly, however, mainstream political antagonists, and even some radical dissenters, embraced clashing versions of the egalitarian tradition.
- They wander off on their own, they blow up a poacher's shack for no apparent reason, and they attempt to confront their wily antagonists head on.
- The stakes of nuclear war engage not just the survival of the antagonists, but the fate of mankind.
Synonyms
adversary, opponent, enemy, foe, nemesis, rival, competitor, contender
(antagonists), opposition, competition, the other side
rare corrival
2Biochemistry
A substance which interferes with or inhibits the physiological action of another.
〔生化〕拮抗物。比较AGONIST
LSD is a serotonin antagonist
Compare with agonist
Example sentencesExamples
- It is also an effective antagonist or inhibitor of cortisol, a stress hormone that maintains the integrity of the circulatory system.
- Progress has been made in the development of new anti-emetic drugs, particularly the serotonin antagonists which are potent inhibitors of chemotherapy-induced vomiting.
- Leukotriene inhibitors and leukotriene-receptor antagonists are effective in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as asthma.
- The serotonin antagonists are effective and have few side effects.
- The use of selective serotonin antagonists for early-onset alcohol dependence also has been investigated, with positive results.
3Anatomy
A muscle whose action counteracts that of another specified muscle.
〔剖〕拮抗肌，对抗肌。比较AGONIST
Compare with agonist
Example sentencesExamples
- Optimal functioning of the stabilizing muscles depends not only on the force production of these muscles in relation to synergists, antagonists, and prime movers of a joint, but also on the correct timing of muscle activation.
- Moving through a complete range of motion will strengthen the agonist and stretch the antagonist muscle.
- The group moving the body part is called the agonist with the opposing group called the antagonist.
- This can be studied by transposing the innervation of a muscle to its antagonist, or by transposing one of its tendons to the opposite side of a joint, such that the mechanical action of the muscle is reversed.
- The anterior tibialis muscle was chosen because of its function as an antagonist to the peroneal muscles.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French antagoniste or late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagōnistēs, from antagōnizesthai 'struggle against' (see antagonize).

agony from Late Middle English:
Agony referred originally only to mental anguish. It came into English via late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn ‘contest’ (the base, too, of agonize (late 16th century)). The Greek sense development moved from struggle for victory in the games, to any struggle, to mental struggle specifically (such as the torment of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane). The extension in English to an idea of ‘physical’ suffering dates from the early 17th century. Greek agōn is also the source of the dramatic protagonist (late 17th century) from Greek proto- ‘first’ and a agōnistes ‘actor, contestant’ and at the root of antagonist (late 16th century) from anti- ‘against’ and agōnízesthai ‘struggle’.

Rhymes

agonist, protagonist

Definition of antagonist in US English:

antagonist

nounanˈtaɡənəstænˈtæɡənəst

1A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
对立者；对手；敌手
he turned to confront his antagonist
Example sentencesExamples
- After breaking through my emotional blocks, I was ready to confront the antagonists in my life who contributed to my problem.
- So the long and twisting battle begins, with numerous front-lawn confrontations between the two antagonists.
- I don't know what I expected to hear or learn but I know what I did not expect was that it be turned into a party political broadcast on behalf of the main antagonists in the upcoming general election.
- Where established governments proscribe popular vengeance in favor of legal prosecution, these revolutions liberated armed antagonists from judicial constraints.
- Most of these countries, of course, are traditional adversaries or antagonists.
- And more significantly, political and technical help has to be given in abundance for peaceful negotiations with the antagonists.
- But, as fate would have it, Darcy was called home early, and the two old antagonists once more confronted each other.
- When he'd regained equilibrium, he whirled around to confront his antagonist.
- The stakes of nuclear war engage not just the survival of the antagonists, but the fate of mankind.
- In addition, Taoists sometimes saw in Buddhism an antagonist and competitor rather than a colleague.
- Thus, when the culture wars began in the late 1960s, the antagonists of a traditional curriculum were pushing against an open door.
- It also means that copyright gives no one the exclusive right to tell stories about archaeologists in search of artifacts hidden in snake-infested caves while simultaneously confronting dangerous human antagonists.
- They wander off on their own, they blow up a poacher's shack for no apparent reason, and they attempt to confront their wily antagonists head on.
- Meanwhile, their antagonists, soldiers, are ordinary people on ordinary pay, fighting - a thing that isn't attractive or tidy.
- It's hard to have a really menacing antagonist when the antagonist isn't ever really sure what it is he's trying to accomplish.
- Protagonists generally have needs, desires, goals, aversions and fears, and their efforts to achieve their goals are generally complicated or thwarted by an antagonist, who may be hostile to the protagonist.
- It is critical that even as we unveil the motivation of opponents and antagonists, we are careful not to inadvertently help them in their effort to disrupt our work.
- Strikingly, however, mainstream political antagonists, and even some radical dissenters, embraced clashing versions of the egalitarian tradition.
- About 4 000 French and 1 200 West African peacekeepers are patrolling the no man's land between the antagonists.
- As ultimate commander of the military, he must now move decisively and evenhandedly to disarm the antagonists.
Synonyms
adversary, opponent, enemy, foe, nemesis, rival, competitor, contender
1. 1.1Biochemistry A substance that interferes with or inhibits the physiological action of another.
  〔生化〕拮抗物。比较AGONIST
  Compare with agonist
  Example sentencesExamples
  Leukotriene inhibitors and leukotriene-receptor antagonists are effective in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as asthma.
  It is also an effective antagonist or inhibitor of cortisol, a stress hormone that maintains the integrity of the circulatory system.
  Progress has been made in the development of new anti-emetic drugs, particularly the serotonin antagonists which are potent inhibitors of chemotherapy-induced vomiting.
  The use of selective serotonin antagonists for early-onset alcohol dependence also has been investigated, with positive results.
  The serotonin antagonists are effective and have few side effects.
2. 1.2Anatomy A muscle whose action counteracts that of another specified muscle.
  〔剖〕拮抗肌，对抗肌。比较AGONIST
  Compare with agonist
  Example sentencesExamples
  Moving through a complete range of motion will strengthen the agonist and stretch the antagonist muscle.
  The group moving the body part is called the agonist with the opposing group called the antagonist.
  Optimal functioning of the stabilizing muscles depends not only on the force production of these muscles in relation to synergists, antagonists, and prime movers of a joint, but also on the correct timing of muscle activation.
  This can be studied by transposing the innervation of a muscle to its antagonist, or by transposing one of its tendons to the opposite side of a joint, such that the mechanical action of the muscle is reversed.
  The anterior tibialis muscle was chosen because of its function as an antagonist to the peroneal muscles.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French antagoniste or late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagōnistēs, from antagōnizesthai ‘struggle against’ (see antagonize).

单词	antagonist
释义	Definition of antagonist in English: antagonist noun anˈtaɡ(ə)nɪstænˈtæɡənəst 1A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. 对立者；对手；敌手 he turned to confront his antagonist Example sentencesExamples Where established governments proscribe popular vengeance in favor of legal prosecution, these revolutions liberated armed antagonists from judicial constraints. About 4 000 French and 1 200 West African peacekeepers are patrolling the no man's land between the antagonists. Thus, when the culture wars began in the late 1960s, the antagonists of a traditional curriculum were pushing against an open door. I don't know what I expected to hear or learn but I know what I did not expect was that it be turned into a party political broadcast on behalf of the main antagonists in the upcoming general election. Most of these countries, of course, are traditional adversaries or antagonists. In addition, Taoists sometimes saw in Buddhism an antagonist and competitor rather than a colleague. Meanwhile, their antagonists, soldiers, are ordinary people on ordinary pay, fighting - a thing that isn't attractive or tidy. But, as fate would have it, Darcy was called home early, and the two old antagonists once more confronted each other. Protagonists generally have needs, desires, goals, aversions and fears, and their efforts to achieve their goals are generally complicated or thwarted by an antagonist, who may be hostile to the protagonist. And more significantly, political and technical help has to be given in abundance for peaceful negotiations with the antagonists. It also means that copyright gives no one the exclusive right to tell stories about archaeologists in search of artifacts hidden in snake-infested caves while simultaneously confronting dangerous human antagonists. After breaking through my emotional blocks, I was ready to confront the antagonists in my life who contributed to my problem. As ultimate commander of the military, he must now move decisively and evenhandedly to disarm the antagonists. When he'd regained equilibrium, he whirled around to confront his antagonist. It is critical that even as we unveil the motivation of opponents and antagonists, we are careful not to inadvertently help them in their effort to disrupt our work. It's hard to have a really menacing antagonist when the antagonist isn't ever really sure what it is he's trying to accomplish. So the long and twisting battle begins, with numerous front-lawn confrontations between the two antagonists. Strikingly, however, mainstream political antagonists, and even some radical dissenters, embraced clashing versions of the egalitarian tradition. They wander off on their own, they blow up a poacher's shack for no apparent reason, and they attempt to confront their wily antagonists head on. The stakes of nuclear war engage not just the survival of the antagonists, but the fate of mankind. Synonyms adversary, opponent, enemy, foe, nemesis, rival, competitor, contender (antagonists), opposition, competition, the other side rare corrival 2Biochemistry A substance which interferes with or inhibits the physiological action of another. 〔生化〕拮抗物。比较AGONIST LSD is a serotonin antagonist Compare with agonist Example sentencesExamples It is also an effective antagonist or inhibitor of cortisol, a stress hormone that maintains the integrity of the circulatory system. Progress has been made in the development of new anti-emetic drugs, particularly the serotonin antagonists which are potent inhibitors of chemotherapy-induced vomiting. Leukotriene inhibitors and leukotriene-receptor antagonists are effective in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as asthma. The serotonin antagonists are effective and have few side effects. The use of selective serotonin antagonists for early-onset alcohol dependence also has been investigated, with positive results. 3Anatomy A muscle whose action counteracts that of another specified muscle. 〔剖〕拮抗肌，对抗肌。比较AGONIST Compare with agonist Example sentencesExamples Optimal functioning of the stabilizing muscles depends not only on the force production of these muscles in relation to synergists, antagonists, and prime movers of a joint, but also on the correct timing of muscle activation. Moving through a complete range of motion will strengthen the agonist and stretch the antagonist muscle. The group moving the body part is called the agonist with the opposing group called the antagonist. This can be studied by transposing the innervation of a muscle to its antagonist, or by transposing one of its tendons to the opposite side of a joint, such that the mechanical action of the muscle is reversed. The anterior tibialis muscle was chosen because of its function as an antagonist to the peroneal muscles. Origin Late 16th century: from French antagoniste or late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagōnistēs, from antagōnizesthai 'struggle against' (see antagonize). agony from Late Middle English: Agony referred originally only to mental anguish. It came into English via late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn ‘contest’ (the base, too, of agonize (late 16th century)). The Greek sense development moved from struggle for victory in the games, to any struggle, to mental struggle specifically (such as the torment of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane). The extension in English to an idea of ‘physical’ suffering dates from the early 17th century. Greek agōn is also the source of the dramatic protagonist (late 17th century) from Greek proto- ‘first’ and a agōnistes ‘actor, contestant’ and at the root of antagonist (late 16th century) from anti- ‘against’ and agōnízesthai ‘struggle’. Rhymes agonist, protagonist Definition of antagonist in US English: antagonist nounanˈtaɡənəstænˈtæɡənəst 1A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. 对立者；对手；敌手 he turned to confront his antagonist Example sentencesExamples After breaking through my emotional blocks, I was ready to confront the antagonists in my life who contributed to my problem. So the long and twisting battle begins, with numerous front-lawn confrontations between the two antagonists. I don't know what I expected to hear or learn but I know what I did not expect was that it be turned into a party political broadcast on behalf of the main antagonists in the upcoming general election. Where established governments proscribe popular vengeance in favor of legal prosecution, these revolutions liberated armed antagonists from judicial constraints. Most of these countries, of course, are traditional adversaries or antagonists. And more significantly, political and technical help has to be given in abundance for peaceful negotiations with the antagonists. But, as fate would have it, Darcy was called home early, and the two old antagonists once more confronted each other. When he'd regained equilibrium, he whirled around to confront his antagonist. The stakes of nuclear war engage not just the survival of the antagonists, but the fate of mankind. In addition, Taoists sometimes saw in Buddhism an antagonist and competitor rather than a colleague. Thus, when the culture wars began in the late 1960s, the antagonists of a traditional curriculum were pushing against an open door. It also means that copyright gives no one the exclusive right to tell stories about archaeologists in search of artifacts hidden in snake-infested caves while simultaneously confronting dangerous human antagonists. They wander off on their own, they blow up a poacher's shack for no apparent reason, and they attempt to confront their wily antagonists head on. Meanwhile, their antagonists, soldiers, are ordinary people on ordinary pay, fighting - a thing that isn't attractive or tidy. It's hard to have a really menacing antagonist when the antagonist isn't ever really sure what it is he's trying to accomplish. Protagonists generally have needs, desires, goals, aversions and fears, and their efforts to achieve their goals are generally complicated or thwarted by an antagonist, who may be hostile to the protagonist. It is critical that even as we unveil the motivation of opponents and antagonists, we are careful not to inadvertently help them in their effort to disrupt our work. Strikingly, however, mainstream political antagonists, and even some radical dissenters, embraced clashing versions of the egalitarian tradition. About 4 000 French and 1 200 West African peacekeepers are patrolling the no man's land between the antagonists. As ultimate commander of the military, he must now move decisively and evenhandedly to disarm the antagonists. Synonyms adversary, opponent, enemy, foe, nemesis, rival, competitor, contender 1.1Biochemistry A substance that interferes with or inhibits the physiological action of another. 〔生化〕拮抗物。比较AGONIST Compare with agonist Example sentencesExamples Leukotriene inhibitors and leukotriene-receptor antagonists are effective in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as asthma. It is also an effective antagonist or inhibitor of cortisol, a stress hormone that maintains the integrity of the circulatory system. Progress has been made in the development of new anti-emetic drugs, particularly the serotonin antagonists which are potent inhibitors of chemotherapy-induced vomiting. The use of selective serotonin antagonists for early-onset alcohol dependence also has been investigated, with positive results. The serotonin antagonists are effective and have few side effects. 1.2Anatomy A muscle whose action counteracts that of another specified muscle. 〔剖〕拮抗肌，对抗肌。比较AGONIST Compare with agonist Example sentencesExamples Moving through a complete range of motion will strengthen the agonist and stretch the antagonist muscle. The group moving the body part is called the agonist with the opposing group called the antagonist. Optimal functioning of the stabilizing muscles depends not only on the force production of these muscles in relation to synergists, antagonists, and prime movers of a joint, but also on the correct timing of muscle activation. This can be studied by transposing the innervation of a muscle to its antagonist, or by transposing one of its tendons to the opposite side of a joint, such that the mechanical action of the muscle is reversed. The anterior tibialis muscle was chosen because of its function as an antagonist to the peroneal muscles. Origin Late 16th century: from French antagoniste or late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagōnistēs, from antagōnizesthai ‘struggle against’ (see antagonize).
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