| 单词 | opposite number |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopposite number opposite number n. a person or (occasionally) organization holding an equivalent place or fulfilling an equivalent role to another specified person or organization in a different country, group, institution, etc.; a partner, a counterpart. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > a complement or counterpart fellowc1330 marrow1516 correlative1545 mate1578 counterpane1612 counterpart1635 correlate1643 tally1647 correspondent1650 complement1827 co-relative1864 opposite number1874 oppo1932 1874 A. H. Markham Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay x. 155 The next time the fish rose it was close to one of our boats, in which was Jemmy Gray, a sure and successful harpooneer, who, unlike his opposite number in the other boats, quickly fired and got fast. 1895 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. iii. 9/6 A list of those [sailors] judged to be incapacitated is furnished [by] the officer of the deck, so that their duties can be attended to by their ‘opposite number’. 1906 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 202 ‘And your Opposite Number?’ Penfentenyou described him. 1969 Times 13 Mar. 25/2 (caption) The model bison the papermakers' association got from its Polish opposite numbers. 1995 Independent 24 Nov. ii. 15/4 His opposite number in Moscow is having to teach on an electronic instrument—his pipe organ packed up on him. < as lemmas |
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