opposite

英式音标：[ˈɒpəzɪt]

美式音标：[ˈɑpəzət]

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概况：

adj. 相反的；对面的；对立的

n. 对立面；反义词

prep. 在…的对面

adv. 在对面

词义：

adj.

相对的；对面的；对立的；[数学]（顶、边等）对的

prep.

（表示位置）在…的对面；[数学]（顶、边等）对的；与…在一排；（表示方式）与…联合主演

adv.

在对面，对过；

n.

对立面，对立物，相反的人[事物]；

变形

复数：opposites

双语释义

adv.(副词)

在对面facing

adj.(形容词)

对面的facing

相反的,对立的 as different as possible from

n.(名词)

[C]对立面,对立物,相反的人或事物 a person or thing that is as different as possible from another

英英释义

opposite[ 'ɔpəzit, -sit ]

n.

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

同义词：antonymopposite word

a relation of direct opposition

同义词：reversecontrary

a contestant that you are matched against

同义词：oppositionopponent

something inverted in sequence or character or effect

同义词：inverse

adj.

being directly across from each other; facing

"And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"

of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

"opposite leaves"

同义词：paired

moving or facing away from each other

"looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"

the other one of a complementary pair

"the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"

altogether different in nature or quality or significance

"the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"

characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

"diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"

同义词：diametricdiametricalpolar

adv.directly facing each other

"they sat opposite at the table"

同义词：face-to-face

用法：

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

opposite reaction相反的反作用

opposite side对面

副词+～

apparently opposite明显地相反

completely opposite完全相反

invariably opposite总是相反

partially opposite部分相反

probably opposite可能相反

superficially opposite表面上相反

～+介词

opposite to与…面对面

opposite to what they had expected和他们预期的效果相反

词组短语

opposite direction相反方向；敌对方向

opposite sex异性

just the opposite正好相反，恰巧相反

opposite side对边；相对面

opposite party对方；对立的一方

opposite end另一端

opposite view相反的观点

opposite number地位对等或相当者；对应物；对应号

opposite phase反相

diametrically opposite直径上对置的；正好相反的

opposite angle对角，对顶角

opposite polarity相反极性

opposite sign反号；异号

同近义词辨析

opposite, contrary, otherwise, unlikely

opposite adj 相反的，相对的，对面的；

contrary adj 相反的，矛盾的，对抗的；

otherwise可做adv，意为“不同的，不那样的”；

unlikely adj 不大可能的

reverse, opposite, converse, contrary, adverse

这组词都有“相反的，对立的”的意思，其区别是：

reverse指朝相反方向的或反面(背面)的。

opposite指位置、方向、行动或想法等完全相反。

converse指在方向、行动或意见上相反的。

contrary一般指与某种主张、看法或行为等正好相反，隐含否定一方并不意味着肯定另一方的意味。

adverse通常指违害利益的、无生命的势力或条件等，侧重分歧。

opponent, opposite, original, origin

opponent反对者

opposite相反的

original原创

origin起源

opponent, opposite

opponent反对者

opposite相反的

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

She hurried away in the opposite direction.
她朝着相反的方向匆匆离去了。

The fireplace flamed the opposite wall.
炉火照亮了对面的墙壁。

Our points of view are at opposite poles.
我们的观点截然相反。

用作介词(prep.)

He came in and took a seat opposite to me.
他走进来，坐在我对面的座位上。

She starred opposite Jack Nicholson in Blood and Wine.
她在《鲜血与美酒》中与杰克·尼科尔森演对手戏。

用作副词(adv.)

They sat opposite at the table.
他们面对面地坐在桌子两旁

There is a couple with a dog who live opposite.
对面住着一对夫妇,他们养着一条狗。

用作名词(n.)

Vice and virtue are opposites.
善和恶是对立面。

You are cold-blooded,she is the opposite.
你冷酷无情,而她恰恰相反。

What I detest is that she always fancies me as her opposite.
我讨厌她总是把我想象成她的对手。

权威例句

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Opposite-side flavour tagging of B mesons at the LHCb experiment

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The Radiologic Changes and Dynamics Observation of the Opposite Hip in Congenital Unilateral Dislocated Hip

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同义词：reversed,obverse,negate,inverse,cross,counter,converse,contrary,contra,antonym,antithetical,antithetic,antithesis,against,adverse,across

同根词：opposition,oppositely,opposing,opposer,opposed,oppose,opposable

英语词源：

opposite (adj.)

late 14c., "placed on the other side of (something)," from Old French oposite "opposite, contrary" (13c.), from Latin oppositus "standing against, opposed, opposite," past participle of opponere "set against" (see opponent). Meaning "contrary in nature or character" is from 1570s. As a noun from late 14c. As a preposition from 1758. As an adverb from 1817. Related: Oppositely.

造句：

1. This behavior is the opposite of modeless feedback, and it hampers flow.

这个行为有悖于非模态的反馈，它阻碍了流。

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2. Shade plants have the opposite characters.

阴生植物却具有相反的性状。

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3. Freezing, the opposite of milestoning, involves locking the data in a document so that it cannot be changed.

冻结和历史版本功能的有些相反，将文档中的数据锁定，使其不会被改变。

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4. Both numbers may slide synchronously in opposite directions.

两数可以同步地向相反方向移位。

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5. The opposite of asking permission can be useful in certain circumstances.

在某些环境下，请求允许的反面是有用的。

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6. Because computers don’t have egos or tender sensibilities, they should be perfect in this role, but they typically behave the opposite way.

因为计算机没有自我意识或者脆弱的情感，它们应该能胜任这种角色，但是它们总是以相反的方式行事。

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7. Exactly the opposite is true for many embedded systems, which are either designed for on-the-go use (handhelds) or are stationary but in a location at the center of public activity (kiosks).

而很多的嵌入设备则恰恰相反，这些系统的使用或者是处于持续移动的状态下（比如手持设备），或者是虽然固定，但却处于公共场所下（比如信息亭）。

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8. Anticipatory L/C is opposite to time L/C.

预支信用证刚好与远期信用证相反。

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9. Wizards were purportedly designed to improve user interfaces, but they are, in many cases, having the opposite effect. They are giving programmers license to put raw implementation model interfaces on complex features with the bland assurance that: “We’ll make it easy with a wizard.”

向导的设计目的在于改进用户界面，但在许多情况下，它有着相反的效果，使得程序员可以在复杂的功能上添加原始的实现模型界面，并且温和地保证“使用向导会使它变得很容易”。

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10. But because the main justification of their existence is to teach us about what is available, how to get it, and what shortcuts are available, terseness is really the exact opposite of what we need. Our menus have to explain what a given function does, not just where to invoke it.

但是如果其主要目的是教会我们它能做什么，如何得到它，以及可用的捷径是什么，那么精练就不行了。 我们的菜单必须解释特定的功能是什么，而不是在哪里调用，因此菜单中更详细的文本项对我们来说更适合。

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