adversative
/ad-vur-suh-tiv/US // ædˈvɜr sə tɪv //UK // (ədˈvɜːsətɪv) grammar //
对抗性的,对抗性,对抗性强的,敌对的
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis: “But” is an adversative conjunction.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an adversative word or proposition.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Without the adversative, the colon is to be preferred: "Prosperity showeth vice: adversity, virtue."
Another example is, "Only the star dazzles; the planet has a faint, moon-like ray" (adversative).
They are sometimes adversative; sometimes they are simply cumulative.
The que here has a slight adversative force, as is often the case with et.
But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in Sec.
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