| 词组 | opposite |
| 释义 | adjective | noun opposite1 /ˈɒpəzət $ ˈɑːp-/ adjective 1. as different as possible from something elseadverbstotally/completely/quite opposite They hold totally opposite views.diametrically opposite (=totally opposite) They came to diametrically opposite conclusions.exactly opposite The two forces are acting in exactly opposite directions.nounsthe opposite direction/way She turned and walked off in the opposite direction.the opposite effect He thought the news would cheer her up, but it had the opposite effect.the opposite view The astronomer thought life on other planets was likely, but the biologist took the opposite view.the opposite conclusion After I examined the facts I came to the opposite conclusion.the opposite problem In English, the school has the opposite problem, with boys doing much worse than girls.the opposite way The controls work in the opposite way to what you would expect.the opposite extreme We must be careful not to go to the opposite extreme and treat adult learners like babies.the opposite sex (=the other sex, that is not your own) He found it hard to talk to members of the opposite sex.prepositionsopposite to sth Her character was completely opposite to her shy timid sister’s.phrasesat the opposite end of the scale/spectrum (=used when comparing two things that are of very different types) At the opposite end of the spectrum, there are some plants that can grow almost anywhere.the opposite way round/around In a mirror, everything is the opposite way round.2. used to talk about the other side or end of somethingnounsthe opposite side There was a church on the opposite side of the road.the opposite end They sat at opposite ends of the table.the opposite corner There was a group of women talking in the opposite corner of the room.the opposite bank/shore He dived into the river and swam to the opposite bank.the opposite wall I stared at a picture on the opposite wall.the opposite page The finished cake is shown in the picture on the opposite page. adjective | noun opposite2 noun a person or thing that is as different as possible from someone or something elseGrammarYou usually say the opposite.adjectivesthe complete/total opposite He and his brother are complete opposites.the exact/precise/direct opposite The result was the exact opposite of what was intended.the very opposite Exercise does not increase the appetite – in fact, the very opposite is true.polar opposites (=used when emphasizing that two things or people are completely opposite) These two viewpoints seem like polar opposites.verbsdo the opposite Whatever I tell him to do, he does the exact opposite.mean the opposite She claimed she meant the opposite of what she said.prepositionsthe opposite of sth ‘Right’ is the opposite of ‘wrong’.phrasesexactly/precisely the opposite It looks simple, but it is exactly the opposite.just/quite the opposite He wasn’t laughing. Quite the opposite – he was crying.the opposite is the case/is true People believed the Sun moved around the Earth, but Copernicus showed that the opposite was the case. |
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