opposite是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 completely different -- 全然不同的，迥異的，截然相反的

  • You'd never know they're sisters - they're completely opposite to each other in every way. 你怎樣也不會知道她們是姐妹——她們各方面都全然不同。

  • Police attempts to calm the violence had the opposite effect. 警方試圖平息暴力活動，卻適得其反。

• 1 being in a position on the other side; facing -- 另一邊的，相反的，對面的

  • My brother and I live on opposite sides of the city. 我哥哥和我住在城裡兩個方向相反的區。

  • The map on the opposite page shows where these birds commonly breed. 對頁上的地圖表明這些鳥一般在甚麼地方交配繁殖。

  • They sat at opposite ends of the table (to/from each other), refusing to talk. 他們坐在桌子的兩端，彼此互不理睬。

  • If you want to buy tickets, you need to go to the counter opposite. 如果想買票，你要去對面的櫃檯。

  • Who owns that house opposite (= on the other side of the road)? 對面那棟房子的主人是誰？

• 2 in a position facing someone or something but on the other side -- 與…相對；在…對面

  • We're in the building opposite the government offices. 我們身處正對著政府辦公樓的大樓裡。

  • They sat opposite each other. 他們面對面坐。

  • Put a tick opposite (= next to) the answer that you think is correct. 在你認為正確的答案旁邊打個勾。

  • Katharine Hepburn played opposite Henry Fonda in many films. 凱瑟琳‧赫本在許多電影中與亨利‧方達聯袂演出。

• 3 something or someone that is completely different from another person or thing -- 對立的物（或人）；對立面；反面

  • My father is a very calm person, but my mother is just the opposite. 我父親是個非常沉著的人，而我母親則正好相反。

  • She's turned out to be the exact opposite of what everyone expected. 結果表明她是一個和大家的期盼恰恰相反的人。

  • The opposite of "fast" is "slow". fast（快）的反義詞是 slow（慢）。

  • People say opposites attract. 他們總是說相異相吸。

• 4 in a position facing someone or something but on the other side -- 與…相對；在…對面

  • She asked the man sitting opposite whether he'd mind if she opened the window. 她問坐在對面的那位男子是否介意她打開窗子。

  • The people who live opposite (= on the other side of the road) are always making a lot of noise. 住在馬路對面的人總是製造很多噪音。