antagonist

前缀anti-, 相对。词根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.