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obverse

noun
🔊/ˈɒbvɜːs/
🔊/ˈɑːbvɜːrs/
(usually the obverse)
[singular]
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  1. (formal) the opposite of something对立面；对应的事物
    • The obverse of love is hate.爱的反面是恨。🔊🔊
  2. (specialist) the side of a coin or medal that has the head or main design on it （硬币或奖章的）正面compare the reverse
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘turned towards the observer’): from Latin obversus, past participle of obvertere ‘turn towards’, from ob- ‘towards’ + vertere ‘to turn’.