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opposite

adjective
 
🔊/ˈɒpəzɪt/
🔊/ˈɑːpəzɪt/
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  1.  
     [only before noun] on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually facing them对面；相反
    • Answers are given on the opposite page.答案在对页上。🔊🔊
    • We live further down on the opposite side of the road.我们住在马路对面再远一点的地方。🔊🔊
    • It's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country.人虽同国却各处东西；在这种情况下保持交往，谈何容易。🔊🔊
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     (used after the noun用于名词后) facing the speaker or somebody/something that has been mentioned对面的
    • I could see smoke coming from the windows of the house directly opposite.我能看到烟从正对面的窗户里冒出来。🔊🔊
    • He sat down in the chair opposite.他在对面的椅子上坐了下来。🔊🔊
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     [usually before noun] as different as possible from something相反的；迥然不同的
    • I watched them leave and then drove off in the opposite direction.我目送他们离开，然后开车向相反的方向驶去。🔊🔊
    • She tried calming him down but it seemed to be having the opposite effect.她试着让他平静下来，却似乎适得其反了。🔊🔊
    • students at opposite ends of the ability range能力差距两极的学生
    • a story about a pair of young boys from opposite extremes of society 一个关于一对来自相反社会极端的小男孩的故事
    • opposite to somebody/something She took a view opposite to that of Fraser.她的看法与弗雷泽的看法相反。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.
Idioms
your opposite number
  1. (informal) a person who does the same job as you in another organization（另一个单位内）与自己职位相当的人
    • The Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House.外交大臣现正和白宫的对等官员会谈。🔊🔊
the opposite sex
  1. the other sex异性
    • He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex.他觉得很难与异性交谈。🔊🔊
pull in different/opposite directions
  1. to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems目标迥异；各行其是
    • There are different considerations, often pulling in different directions.有各种不同的考虑，常令隔阂愈来愈深。

opposite

noun
 
🔊/ˈɒpəzɪt/
🔊/ˈɑːpəzɪt/
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  1. a person or thing that is as different as possible from somebody/something else对立的人（或物）；对立面；反面
    • Hot and cold are opposites.热和冷是对立面。🔊🔊
    • the opposite of something What is the opposite of heavy?重的反义词是什么？🔊🔊
    • She says the exact opposite of what she means—it's confusing. 她说的与她的意思完全相反，这令人困惑。
    • the opposite to something The effect was exactly the opposite to what he intended.效果与他的意图正好相反。
    • I thought she would be small and blonde but she's the complete opposite.我原以为她是一位身材娇小的金发女郎，但她恰恰相反。🔊🔊
    • Archie and Mike are polar opposites forced to live under the same roof.阿奇和迈克是被迫生活在同一屋檐下的两极对立。
    • ‘Is it better now?’ ‘Quite the opposite, I'm afraid.’“现在好点了吗？” “恐怕正相反。”🔊🔊
    • I ask you to do something and you go and do the opposite—why?我要你做点什么，然后你去做相反的事情-为什么？
    • I have never been asked to leave. In fact the opposite is the case.我从未被要求离开。实际上情况恰恰相反。
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    • Exactly the opposite is true.事实恰恰相反。🔊🔊
    • Doubt is not the opposite of faith—unbelief is.怀疑不是信仰的反面——无信仰才是。
    • In temperament, she was the complete opposite to her sister.她和她姐姐的性格截然不同。
    • Most people look forward to the weekend, but with him the opposite is true.大多数人都期待周末的到来，而他却正好相反。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complete
    • direct
    • exact
    • …
    opposite + verb
    • be the case
    • be true
    preposition
    • the opposite of
    • the opposite to
    phrases
    • exactly the opposite
    • just the opposite
    • quite the opposite
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.
Idioms
opposites attract
  1. used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other相反相成；相异相吸

opposite

preposition
 
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  1.  
     on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something, and usually facing them与…相对；在…对面
    • I sat opposite him during the meal (= on the other side of the table).席间我坐在他的对面。🔊🔊
    • The bank is opposite the supermarket (= on the other side of the road).银行在超市的正对面。🔊🔊
    • Write your address opposite (= next to) your name.在姓名旁边写上你的地址。🔊🔊
  2. acting in a film or play as the partner of somebody与…合演；与…联袂演出
    • She starred opposite Tom Hanks.她与汤姆 · 汉克斯联袂主演。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.

opposite

adverb
 
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  1. on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually facing them对面的；另一边的
    • There's a newly married couple living opposite (= on the other side of the road).有一对新婚夫妇住在马路对面。🔊🔊
    • See opposite (= on the opposite page) for further details.详情见对页。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.