Opposition
[ɒpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] or ['ɑpə'zɪʃən]
解释:
(noun.) a body of people united in opposing something.
(noun.) the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected; 'Her Majesty's loyal opposition'.
(noun.) a contestant that you are matched against.
(noun.) a direction opposite to another.
(noun.) the relation between opposed entities.
手打:奥齐--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
(n.) The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
(n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
(n.) That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
(n.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
(n.) The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Contrariety, repugnance, diversity, inconsistency.[2]. Counteraction, hostility, resistance.
迭戈手打
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Resistance, hostility, obstacle, obstruction,[See ANIMOSITY]
克莉丝汀编辑
解释:
n. state of being placed over against: position over against: repugnance: contrariety: contrast: act or action of opposing: resistance: that which opposes: obstacle: (logic) a difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate: the party that opposes the ministry or existing administration: (astron.) the situation of heavenly bodies when 180 degrees apart.—n. Opposi′tionist one who belongs to an opposing party esp. that opposed to the government.
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娱乐性解释：
n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
整理:纳特
例句:
- For his observation was constantly confirming Mr. Farebrother's assurance that the banker would not overlook opposition. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- A few of our cavalry dashed in, and forded and swam the stream, and all opposition was soon dispersed. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- She married me in opposition to her father's wish, and he renounced her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Thus our general rules are in a manner set in opposition to each other. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The Crown Prince is always in opposition to the crown or hankering after it. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It is not a passionate quarrel that would have broken my heart; it is the steady opposition and persistence in going wrong that he has shown. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- So much for the early opposition, of which there was plenty. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But when it is perceived that each idea signifies the quality of mind expressed in action, the supposed opposition between them falls away. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The opposition of rival manufacturers could not in the nature of things long retard what was to become one of the nation’s main industries. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Tidings of an armed and regular opposition recalled them to a sort of order. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Uncertainty has the same influence as opposition. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The Opposition of Experience and True Knowledge. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The Opposition of Duty and Interest. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Ministers and Opposition joined. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- MAN TO MAN He lay sick and unmoved, in pure opposition to everything. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Indubitably the broad lines of our present world, the main ideas, the chief oppositions, were appearing in those days. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- That opposition to the New Fever Hospital which Lydgate had sketched to Dorothea was, like other oppositions, to be viewed in many different lights. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Indifference is a criticism that cuts beneath oppositions and wranglings by calling the political method itself into question. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The Roman power was expanding, and as it expanded these old class oppositions of the early Latin community were becoming unmeaning. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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