| 单词 | in opposite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin opposite a. That which is opposite or contrary; the converse of a fact, statement, etc.; a person who or thing which is totally different from or the reverse of another person or thing; spec. an antonym. Frequently with of. Also in plural: two things or people the most different of their kind. †in opposite: on the contrary, on the other hand (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > on the contrary thereagaina1023 here-againc1200 here-againsta1250 contra1362 againwardc1384 otherwisea1393 on the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary)1393 thereagainsta1400 in the contrairc1400 in opposite?a1425 e conversoc1425 contrariwise1480 again?1531 contrarilyc1540 contrary1549 per contra1554 contrariways1588 contradistinctly1623 by or to the contrair1640 counter1662 oppositely1681 on the reverse1753 e contra1815 obversely1869 the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something contraryc1386 reversec1405 the contraverse1480 nothing less?1520 contrariety1532 negative1532 oppositive1561 different1571 diameter1579 contrariwise1588 opposition1594 counterpoint1599 oppositea1616 other thing1628 antipodes1641 inverse1645 contra1648 contrast1754 converse1786 contrariant1848 antipole1856 obverse1862 antithetic1863 contradictory1874 antipathy- ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 19v (MED) Þe oppositee, i. þe contrarie, of which þing seiþ William de Saliceto And his folower Lamfranc, and þai say yuel. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 5 I will the..telle..Of thinges that be full necessarie To hiȝ wurthynes and the contrarie, To the opposite of wurthynes. c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 145 Man is made of opposytis and contrarius elements. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iv. 23 In opposit, Osias vas bot aucht ȝeir of aige, quhen he vas vnctit kyng..ȝit he gouuernit veil the cuntre. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 119 The present pleasure, By reuolution lowring, does become The opposite of it selfe. View more context for this quotation 1684 R. Burthogge Argument Infants Baptisme iv. 154 Disparates are distinct, and are not opposites. 1715 State Quacks 14 This is that Oedipus, whose Wisdom can reconcile inconsistent Opposites. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 152 Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 31 998 Rusticity and Urbanity are polar opposites. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xi. 280 Ariel is the extreme opposite of Caliban. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 139 The most extreme opposites have some qualities in common. 1925 A. Loos Gentlemen prefer Blondes iii. 66 Some of the girls in London seem to be Ladies which seems to be the opposite of a Lord. 1957 L. P. Hartley Hireling xxv. 208 When one has made up one's mind that things are going well..it takes some time to realize that in fact the opposite is true. 1988 B. Chatwin Utz 73 Drawn by the natural attraction of opposites, they would sit on the same cast-iron seat. < as lemmas |
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