- [only before noun]
on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually facing them 对面;相反 -
(used after the noun )用于名词后 facing the speaker or somebody/something that has been mentioned 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。
- [usually before noun]
as different as possible from something 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。
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.
Idioms
your opposite number
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。