opposite
adjective /ˈɒpəzɪt/
/ˈɑːpəzɪt/
Idioms 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。
- Answers are given on the opposite page.
) facing the speaker or somebody/something that has been mentioned用于名词后 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。
- I could see smoke coming from the windows of the house directly opposite.
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
关于一对来自社会两个极端的年轻男孩的故事 - opposite to somebody/something She took a view opposite to that of Fraser.
她持与弗雷泽相反的观点。
- I watched them leave and then drove off in the opposite direction.
词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.
Idioms
your opposite number
- (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 Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House.
the opposite sex
- 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。
- He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex.
pull in different/opposite directions
- 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。
- There are different considerations, often pulling in different directions.