| 单词 | opposite |
| 释义 | opposite (once / 81 pages) 1adjadv 2adjn Oh no! That crazy man is back again and coming right towards us! Quick! Run in the opposite direction! Go the other way! Opposite is an adjective that describes something found on the exact other side of a space—or even an idea. You say "black," I say "white": we're on opposite sides of the debate. You might notice the similarity of opposite to the nouns opponent and opposition or to the verb oppose. An opponent is someone you are matched against. To help remember opposite, think of a tennis match: two players oppose each other from opposite ends of the court. WORD FAMILYopposite: oppositely, oppositeness, opposites, oppositive USAGE EXAMPLESAs with so many things, it looks just the opposite to the settlers. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) When the study was conducted on Italian participants, the opposite was found: Italians perceived the person with a life of leisure as high-status. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) “Before it was about large quantities, and small margins. Now it’s the opposite,” he says. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj 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 Syn other not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied 2adj moving or facing away from each other looking in opposite directions they went in opposite directions Syn other not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied 3adv directly facing each other 2they sat opposite at the table Syn face-to-face 1adj characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed opposite meanings Syn diametric, diametrical, polar different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree 2adj 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 Syn different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree 3adj the other one of a complementary pair the opposite sex the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors Syn other not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied 4adj of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem opposite leaves Syn|Ant paired alternate of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired 5n a relation of direct opposition Syn|Hyper contrary, reverse oppositeness, opposition the relation between opposed entities 6n something inverted in sequence or character or effect Syn|Hypo|Hyper inverse additive inverse (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose sum is zero; the additive inverse of -5 is +5 multiplicative inverse, reciprocal(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7 oppositeness, opposition the relation between opposed entities 7n a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper antonym, opposite word equivalent word, synonym two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context direct antonym antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry') indirect antonymantonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry') word a unit of language that native speakers can identify 8n a contestant that you are matched against Syn|Hyper opponent, opposition contestant a person who participates in competitions |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。