| 单词 | inverse |
| 释义 | inverse (once / 4127 pages) adjn If you notice that the more money you have, the less money your brother has, you’ve discovered an inverse relationship: when your bank account increases, his decreases. The word inverse traces back to the Latin inversus, from the past participle of invertere, meaning “turn upside down" or "turn about.” It’s a good word to use when you need to describe one of those topsy-turvy relationships in which when one thing goes up, the other goes down. It can also be used in a broader sense to mean “opposite.” You’ve probably heard someone begin a sentence by saying, “And the inverse was true for so and so . . .” That just means the opposite was true. WORD FAMILYinverse: inversely USAGE EXAMPLESThe inverse, in other words, of what most other coaches do now. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) In that sense, this was the additive inverse of 2013’s Harlem Shake. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) Like the inverse of that luminous, orderly piece, “Catacomb” was dark, tangled, subterranean, yet still pristine in its structure. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) 1adj reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect Syn reverse backward directed or facing toward the back or rear 2adj opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases) Syn|Ant reciprocal of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function direct similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity 3n something inverted in sequence or character or effect when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse Syn|Hypo|Hyper opposite 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 |
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