Opposition
[ɒpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] or ['ɑpə'zɪʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Contrariety, repugnance, diversity, inconsistency.[2]. Counteraction, hostility, resistance.
迭戈手打
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Resistance, hostility, obstacle, obstruction,[See ANIMOSITY]
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解釋/意思:
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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娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
整理:纳特
例句/造句/用法:
- For his observation was constantly confirming Mr. Farebrother's assurance that the banker would not overlook opposition. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- A few of our cavalry dashed in, and forded and swam the stream, and all opposition was soon dispersed. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- She married me in opposition to her father's wish, and he renounced her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Thus our general rules are in a manner set in opposition to each other. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The Crown Prince is always in opposition to the crown or hankering after it. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- So much for the early opposition, of which there was plenty. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But when it is perceived that each idea signifies the quality of mind expressed in action, the supposed opposition between them falls away. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- 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. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Tidings of an armed and regular opposition recalled them to a sort of order. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Uncertainty has the same influence as opposition. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The Opposition of Experience and True Knowledge. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The Opposition of Duty and Interest. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Ministers and Opposition joined. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- MAN TO MAN He lay sick and unmoved, in pure opposition to everything. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Indubitably the broad lines of our present world, the main ideas, the chief oppositions, were appearing in those days. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- That opposition to the New Fever Hospital which Lydgate had sketched to Dorothea was, like other oppositions, to be viewed in many different lights. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Indifference is a criticism that cuts beneath oppositions and wranglings by calling the political method itself into question. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The Roman power was expanding, and as it expanded these old class oppositions of the early Latin community were becoming unmeaning. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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