estrangement

Definitions

estrangement = estrange + -ment ('the result/state of'). It names the outcome of estranging: the gap of coldness and distance left when someone who was once on the 'inside' has drifted out — a family rift, a silent marriage.

Common Collocations

• 1.a period of estrangement一段疏远期
• 2.estrangement from family与家人的隔阂
• 3.years of estrangement多年的失和
• 4.lead to estrangement导致疏远

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Years of estrangement ended when the sisters finally reconciled.

• 2.

  The book explores the slow estrangement between a father and his son.

• 3.

  There had been a long estrangement between her and her parents.