English Dictionary

antagonist

IPA（発音記号）

/ænˈtæɡənɪst/

名詞

An opponent or enemy. / One who antagonizes or stirs. / (biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.

日本語の意味

対立者、敵対者 / 反対者、扇動者 / （生化学）受容体に結合して生理作用を引き起こさず、アゴニストの作用を遮断する化学物質、すなわち拮抗物質

The protagonist prepared carefully, knowing the antagonist would not give up easily.

主人公は、敵が簡単に諦めないことを知って、慎重に準備した。

意味（1）

An opponent or enemy.

our antagonists in these controversies

意味（2）

One who antagonizes or stirs.

意味（3）

(biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.

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)

意味（4）

(authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.

意味（5）

(anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.

A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

antagonists （ plural ）