记忆方法
1、ant- "against" + agon- + -ist.
2、含义：competitor, opponent, rival.
2、含义：competitor, opponent, rival.
中文词源
antagonist 对手
前缀anti-, 相对。词根ag, 做。
英语词源
- antagonist
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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.
=> agony - 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.
权威例句
- 1. Spassky had never previously lost to his antagonist.
- 斯帕斯基以往从未输给过他的对手。
- 2. His antagonist in the debate was quicker than he.
- 在辩论中他的对手比他反应快.
- 3. The thing is to know the nature of your antagonist.
- 要紧的是要了解你的对手的特性.
- 4. The knight defeated each antagonist.
- 那位骑士打败了每一个敌手.
- 5. He wondered what his antagonist was doing.
- 他不知道他的敌手在做些什么.