opposite

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英[ˈɒpəzɪt]
美[ˈɑːpəzɪt]

基本释义

prep.
在…的对面; 与…合演
adj.
对面的; 截然相反的
n.
对立物

词性变化

实用例句

Answers are given on the opposite page.

答案在对页上。

牛津词典

We live further down on the opposite side of the road.

我们住在马路对面再远一点的地方。

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It's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country.

人虽同国却各处东西;在这种情况下相好,谈何容易。

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I could see smoke coming from the windows of the house directly opposite.

我能看到烟从正对面的窗户里冒出来。

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He sat down in the chair opposite.

他在对面的椅子上坐了下来。

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I watched them leave and then drove off in the opposite direction.

我目送他们离开,然后开车向相反的方向驶去。

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She tried calming him down but it seemed to be having the opposite effect.

她试着让他平静下来,却似乎火上浇油了。

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students at opposite ends of the ability range

能力差距两极的学生

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There's a newly married couple living opposite (= on the other side of the road) .

有一对新婚夫妇住在马路对面。

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See opposite (= on the opposite page) for further details.

详情见对页。

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The Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House.

外交大臣现正和白宫的对等官员会谈。

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He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex.

他觉得很难与异性交谈。

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Hot and cold are opposites.

热和冷是对立面。

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What is the opposite of heavy?

重的反义词是什么?

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I thought she would be small and blonde but she's the complete opposite .

我原以为她是一位身材娇小的金发女郎,但她恰恰相反。

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Exactly the opposite is true.

事实恰恰相反。

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‘Is it better now? ’ ‘ Quite the opposite , I'm afraid. ’

“现在好点了吗?” “恐怕正相反。”

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I sat opposite him during the meal (= on the other side of the table) .

席间我坐在他的对面。

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The bank is opposite the supermarket (= on the other side of the road) .

银行在超市的正对面。

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Write your address opposite (= next to) your name.

在姓名旁边写上你的地址。

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She starred opposite Tom Hanks.

她与汤姆·汉克斯联袂主演。

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Jennie had sat opposite her at breakfast.

珍妮吃早餐时坐在她对面。

...the opposite corner of the room.

房间的对角

All the cars driving in the opposite direction had their headlights on...

对面开来的车都打着头灯。

I should have written the notes in the opposite order...

我本应按相反的顺序记笔记的。

Ritter was a very complex man but Marius was the opposite, a simple farmer...

里特城府颇深,而马里厄斯恰恰相反,是个心地淳朴的农民。

Well, whatever he says you can bet he's thinking the opposite...

呃,不管他说什么,你都可以肯定他想的完全是另一套。

真题例句

To others, it was the opposite of fun.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Whereas Pittsburgh has the opposite problem: plenty of nerds, but no rich people.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American Diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert says we should be eating.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our world is becoming.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The general principle is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to briefly stretch it in an opposite position.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

While it may be common for university researchers to try their luck in the commercial world, there is very little traffic in the opposite direction.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the opposite of the Colombian gesture.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

they are actually in opposite directions.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

They are in opposite directions

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our wor

2015年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert sa

2015年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Whereas Pittsburgh has the opposite probleplenty of nerds, but no rich people.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The urge to explore space is just the opposite.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

There is no essential difference between seemingly opposite opinions.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Are teenagers in particular, do you think, sheltered too much from contact with the opposite sex?

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Well, I would like to find the parents who could shelter girls from the opposite sex if they live in Oxford

出自-2013年12月听力原文

I think that it's grossly overstated that one needs to have contact with the opposite sex right through the whole of life, in the classroom and outside the classroom and at all ages.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

They have ample opportunities to meet the opposite sex

出自-2013年12月听力原文

his experiments resulted in a new style that was almost exactly opposite the accepted technique of the time.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

Overwork and exhaustion are the opposite of resilience and the bad habits we acquire when we're young only magnify when we hit the workforce.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

since the middle of the 20th century, though, things have turned the opposite way—these days, punishing hours at your desk, rather than days off, are seen as the mark of someone important.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

They are exactly alike, except that they have opposite electrical charges.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

It clearly showed that while likability can lead to healthy adjustment, high status has just the opposite effect on us.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Surround yourself with uplifting individuals who challenge you to be better while loving you for who you are, and be patient to the people who are the complete opposite of that description.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文

You have probably heard that opposites attract but that similarities attract, too.

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

Such hijacked media are the opposite of earned media: an asset or campaign becomes hostage to consumers, other stakeholders, or activists who make negative allegations about a brand or product.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

But the intention is not to neglect social science; rather, the complete opposite.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Humility requires you to recognize weakness in your own arguments and sometimes also to accept reasons on the opposite side.

2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ

In fact, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the opposite.

2011年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Such hiJacked media are the opposite of earned media: an asset or campaign becomes hostage to consumers, other stakeholders, or activists who make negative allegations about a brand or product.

2011年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. two words that express opposing concepts;

    "to him the opposite of gay was depressed"

  • 2. a relation of direct opposition;

    "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"

  • 3. a contestant that you are matched against

  • 4. something inverted in sequence or character or effect;

    "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"

Adjective
  • 1. being directly across from each other; facing;

    "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow

    "we lived on opposite sides of the street"

    "at opposite poles"

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

    "opposite leaves"

  • 3. moving or facing away from each other;

    "looking in opposite directions"

    "they went in opposite directions"

  • 4. the other one of a complementary pair;

    "the opposite sex"

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

  • 5. 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"- Charles Reade

  • 6. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;

    "in diametric contradiction to his claims"

    "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"

    "opposite meanings"

    "extreme and indefensible polar positions"

Adverb
  • 1. directly facing each other;

    "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"

    "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"

    "they sat opposite at the table"

同义词辨析

opposite, contrary, adverse, reverse, converse

这些形容词均含"相反的,对立的"之意。

  • opposite: 指位置、方向、行动或想法等完全相反。
  • 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。
  • reverse: 指朝相反方向的或反面(背面)的。
  • converse: 指在方向、行动或意见上相反的。

同义词

prep.在...的对面

acrosstofromparallel

反义词

adj.相对的;正相反的

sameidentical

其他释义

same

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