an-tag-on-ize [BrE also -ise) /aen'taeganaiz/ verb [VN] to do sth to make sb angry with you 使知■立；使生气：Not wishing to antagonize her further, he said no more.

愿惹她更生气，I便不再说话。

the Ant-arc-tic /aen'tarktik; NAmE -'ta:rk-/ noun [sing.] the regions of the world around the South Pole 南极 M ► Ant-arc-tic adj. [only before noun] ： Antarctic expZorers 南极探险家一compare Arctic the Antarctic 'Circle noun [sing.] the line of latitude 6.6° 33' South 南极圈一compare Arctic ante /'aenti/ noun [sing.] IT»!W1 raise/up the 'ante to increase the level of sth, especially demands or sums of money提髙要求；增加垒额 ante- /'aenti/ prefix (in nouns, adjectives and verbs 名词、形容词和动词）before; in front of在…前；在… 前面：■ cmK-room 前厅^:o antenatal 产前◊ antedate 早于 —Compare post-, pre-

ant-eat-er /'aBnti:ta(r)/ noun an animal with a long nose and tongue that eats ants 食蚁兽 ante-bellum /.aenti'belam/ adj. [only before noun] connected with the years before a war, especially the American Civil War战前岁月的；（尤指）美国内战前 的：the laws of the antebellum American South ^ M 美国南方的法律

ante-ce-dent /.aenti'siidnt/ noun, adj. mnoun 1 [C] (formal) a thing or an event that exists or comes before another, and may have influenced it 前事；前情 2 antecedents [pi.] {/brmo/) the people in sb’s family who lived a long time ago 祖i 先；5fe A HTRl ancestors 3 [C] (gram/Twr 语法）a word or phrase to which the following word, especially a pronoun, refers 光.行词；先.行语：In 'He grabbed the ball and iit ' tht air^f, VjalV is the antecedent grabbed the ball and threw it in the air —句中，ball 是 it 的 先行词。

(/bmu?/) previous 先前的：antecedent events 先前的

事件

ante-cham-ber /'aentitjeimba^)/ noun (formal) = anteroom

ante-date /.aenti'deit/ verb [VN] = pre-date ante-di-Iu-vian /.aentidi'luivian/ adj. {formal or humor- otvs) very old-fasliioned早已过时的；十分老式的' ante-lope /'aentilaup; NAmE -loup/ noun (pi. ante-lope or ante-lopes) an African or Asian animal like a deer, that runs very fast. There are many types of antelope.玲； 羚类动物

ante.nataI /_aBnti_neitl/ (8r£) (also pre-natal AMm£， adj. [only before noun] relating to the medical care given to pregnant women 产前的：antenatal care/classes/ screening产前保健/学与班/筛查◊ cm antenatal dinfc 产前检查诊所一compare post-natal an-tenna /aen'tena/ noun 1 {pi. an-ten-nae /-ni:/) either of the two long thin parts on the heads of some insects and some animals that live in shells, used to feel and touch things with 触角；触须 PffiTl feeler： {figurative) The minister was praised for his acute political antennae {= ability to understand complicated political situations)•这位涂长以政治触觉敏蟯而为人称道。 —picture 〇 page R29 2 {pi. an-ten-nas or an-ten-nae) {especially NAmE) = aerial n. ： radio antennas ^ 天线

ante-pen-ul-ti-mate /.aBntipen'Altimat/ adj. [only before noun] (/b/TTifl/) two before the last; third last 倒数第三 (个）的：the antepenultimate item on the agenda

的倒数_第三项

an-ter-ior /aen'tiaria^); NAmE -'tir-/ adj. [only before noun] (fechn/.cfl/ 呆语）（of a part of the body 身味部位）at or near the front 前部的；前面的 tnin posterior ante-room /'aentiruim; -rum/ (also formal ante-chamber) noun a room where people can wait before entering a larger room, especially in an important public building (尤指重要公共建筑的）前厅，接待室 an-them /'aenGam/ noun 1 a song which has a special importance for a country, an organization, or a particular group of people and is sung on special occasions国歌；（组织或群体的）社歌，团歌：77ie European anthem was played at the opening and closing