estranged
adjective /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/
/ɪˈstreɪndʒd/
(formal)- [usually before noun] no longer living with your husband, wife or partner
(夫妻)分居的 - his estranged wife Emma
他分居的妻子埃玛 - She is attempting to contact her estranged husband to break the news.
她正试图与分居的丈夫联系,以透露这一消息。 - He is being questioned in connection with the death of his estranged wife.
他因分居妻子的死亡而正受讯问。 - She has been estranged from her husband since 1999.
自1999年起她就与丈夫分居了。
- his estranged wife Emma
- estranged (from somebody) no longer friendly or in contact with somebody
(与某人)疏远的,分手的 - He became estranged from his family after the argument.
那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。 - Formerly close friends, they had been estranged from each other for many years.
他们以前是亲密的朋友,已经疏远多年了。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
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- from
- He became estranged from his family after the argument.
- estranged (from something) no longer involved in or connected with something, especially something that used to be important to you
(尤指与过去某重要事物)脱离的,决裂的 - She felt estranged from her former existence.
她感到自己已脱离了过去的生活方式。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
- …
- from
- She felt estranged from her former existence.
词源late 15th cent.: from Old French estranger, from Latin extraneare ‘treat as a stranger’, from extraneus ‘not belonging to the family’, used as a noun to mean ‘stranger’. Compare with strange + -ed.