- [only before noun]
opposite in amount or position to something else （数量、位置）相反的，反向的 A person's wealth is often in inverse proportion to their happiness (= the more money they have, the less happy they are). 一个人的财富常常与他的幸福成反比。 There is often an inverse relationship between the power of the tool and how easy it is to use. 工具的功能越强大，操作起来往往越费事。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInverse is used with these nouns:- correlation
- proportion
- relationship
- …
- the inversenoun [singular] (specialist)
the exact opposite of something 反面；相反的事物
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inversus, past participle of invertere literally ‘turn inside out’, from in- ‘into’ + vertere ‘to turn’.