小词详解 | estrange

estrange 英 [ɪˈstreɪndʒ] 美 [i'streindʒ]

• He was estranged from his wife, splitting from his management and trying to slough off rock-star excess.
  他和妻子分居，与经纪人分道扬镳，试图摆脱摇滚明星的颓靡生活。
  ——《经济学人》
• Biden also spoke in depth about his strategy to connect with rural Americans, who have become estranged from the Democratic Party.
  拜登还深入谈到了他与美国农村地区民众建立联系的策略，这些人与民主党的关系疏远。
  ——《纽约时报》

• 那个浑身上下每个毛孔都散发着性感的女孩让他着了迷，并使他与兄弟们疏远了。
  The girl who oozed sexuality from every pore floated his boat and estranged him from his brothers.
• 他真的不太聪明，总是自我吹嘘并挥霍他父母的财产。这种生活方式使他跟父母越来越疏远。
  He really isn't very clever but he is always blowing his own trumpet and squandering his parents' wealth. This kind of lifestyle has increasingly estranged him from his parents.

• 文化演变可能导致读者难以理解旧时作品的内容。
  Cultural changes can estrange the reader from old texts.

She had something of an estranged mien; the solitude exhaled from the heath was concentrated in this face that had risen from it.
她带着一种与人疏远的表情；荒原吐出来的孤独，都集中在这张来自荒原的脸上。

• alienate: make (someone) feel isolated or estranged
• antagonize: cause (someone) to become hostile
• distance: make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature