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oppositeness

/op-uh-zit, -sit/US // ˈɒp ə zɪt, -sɪt //UK // (ˈɒpəzɪt, -sɪt) //

对立性,对立面,反对性,异性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
    • : contrary or radically different in some respect common to both, as in nature, qualities, direction, result, or significance; opposed: opposite sides in a controversy; opposite directions.
    • : being the other of two related or corresponding things: friendly with many members of the opposite sex.
    • : Botany. situated on diametrically opposed sides of an axis, as leaves when there are two on one node.having one organ vertically above another; superimposed.
    • : adverse or inimical.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that is opposite or contrary.
    • : an antonym.
    • : Archaic. an opponent; antagonist.
prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1
    • : across from; facing: The guest of honor sat opposite me at the banquet.
    • : in a role parallel or complementary to: He has played opposite many leading ladies.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : on opposite sides.
    • : on the opposite side: I was at one end and she sat opposite.
    • : to the opposite side; in the opposite direction: I went to the left balcony, and he went opposite.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The trajectory of the Sun, meanwhile, is the opposite of Chicago’s journey.

  • Though this may seem like yet another effort to “get tough” on China, it does just the opposite.

  • Unfortunately, federal officials are doing just the opposite.

  • Steve Levitt tries to learn more about this one-time academic and Hollywood non-conformist, who is both very similar to him and also quite his opposite.

  • It had the opposite effect after Republicans protested the move.

  • The media tend to frame situations like this as aberrations, but in this case, quite the opposite is the truth.

  • But quite unlike the schmuck, and this is the fun part, they never run up the white flag; indeed quite the opposite.

  • Couple walked towards the opposite end of the dungeon, where she previously played with Destiny.

  • As Rathod noted, SIX is not supposed to be merely the opposite of ALEC.

  • I'm very interested in Liv Ullmann for the woman's part, opposite Sean … yes … oh, I see then.

  • When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.

  • Sam sat opposite him in perfect silence, waiting, with eager curiosity, for the termination of the scene.

  • The opposite of these two methods of rote learning is my method, which injects an active process between each pair of words.

  • A method of Vacuity pure and simple—the exact opposite of Mental Assimilation.

  • The characteristics of the different forms are well shown in the table on opposite page, modified from Hill.