antagonist

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ænˈtæɡənɪst/    美 /ænˈtæɡənɪst/|[ɛə̯nˈtæɡənɪst]|/ænˈtæɡənɪst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An opponent or enemy.
    — our antagonists in these controversies
  2. One who antagonizes or stirs.
  3. A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of other agonist chemicals, such as endogenous chemical messengers.
    — 2001: The calcium antagonists represent one of the top ten classes of prescription drugs in terms of commercial value, with worldwide sales of nearly $10 billion in 1999. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 41)
  4. The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
    — So God forbid I'm seen just as an average human being / I mean, imagine if antagonists lacked any evil scheme
  5. A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
    — A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

词形变化

antagonists plural

词汇关系

反义词
protagonist agonist
衍生词
antagonistic archantagonist calcantagonist -fiban -kinra -lukast radioantagonist receptor antagonist sartan -setron -tant
相关词
agonistes antagonise antagonism antagonize

词源

From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai, “to antagonize”).
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