| 词汇 | oppose |
| 释义 | oppose verb[ T ] uk /əˈpəʊz/ us /əˈpoʊz/ B2 to disagree with something or someone, often by speaking or fighting against it, him, or her: 反对;反抗;抵制 The proposed new testing system has been vigorously opposed by teachers.实行新考试制度的提议遭到了教师们的强烈反对。 Most of the local residents opposed the closing of the school.当地大多数居民反对关闭这所学校。 [ + -ing verb ]I would certainly oppose changing the system.我当然会反对改变这一制度。 to disagree with something by speaking or fighting against it opposeVillagers opposed plans to widen the carriageway. objectNo one objected to the decision. defyA few workers defied the decision to strike and went in to work. speak out againstMore and more people are speaking out against this unpopular law. stand out againstMore people are standing out against the corruption of the local government. declare againstUKShe declared against the new airport. Many people oppose the death penalty because of the possibility of miscarriages of justice.许多人反对死刑，因为存在误判的可能。 The military has opposed any cuts in defence spending.军方反对任何裁减国防开支的举措。 Many locals are strongly opposed to the development.许多当地居民强烈反对这项地产开发。 He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea.他反对将任何一种核废料倾倒入海中。 Hargreaves is the MP who got into trouble with his party's chief whip for opposing the tax reform.哈格里夫斯就是那位因反对税收改革而与其党内的组织秘书产生矛盾的议员。 Opposing & against active resistance ad hominem against someone's beliefs alienate alienated converse countervailing detractor discordant go against someone intifada kick kick against something lark objector opposed opposition protest resistant sedition oppose | American Dictionaryoppose verb[ T ] us/əˈpoʊz/ to disagree with something, often by speaking or fighting against it: The governor adamantly/vehemently opposes raising taxes. opposingadjective[ not gradable ]us/əˈpoʊ·zɪŋ/ The opposing sides failed to reach agreement today. oppose | Business Englishoppose verb[ T ] uk /əˈpəʊz/us to disagree with something or someone, and speak or take action against them: Most local residents opposed the building of the shopping mall. The proposed tax rise has been vigorously opposed by business leaders. oppose doing sthI would certainly oppose changing the system. Examples of opposeoppose In terms purely of logic and expediency, the argument in favour of a single language is difficult to oppose. In the two different regions, however, there does appear to be a significant difference in the balance achieved between these two opposing pulls. For different reasons, both parties initially opposed the communitarisation process. Heuvel stresses he was a misfit, opposing the dominant trend and then, when what he advocated acquired power, turning against it as it became corrupt. The optical properties of the device can be altered by applying a field whose distorting influence on the liquid crystal opposes that of the surfaces. I am particularly thinking of "unplanned" or "invisible" policies as opposed to "planned" or "visible" policies4. One might perhaps refer to this as the 'rotten core' as opposed to the 'septic fringe'! We suggest that this increased activation reflects the extra visual processing needed for name retrieval, as opposed to object recognition, to take place. The second source relates to the co-ordinating and organizational dimensions of the factory system, as opposed to craft manufacture. We only know of such behaviour, however, because it was opposed, and because the churchwardens - who were elected - decided to report it. Can children and adults focus on sound as opposed to spelling in a phoneme counting task? When the test spot was moved in nonpreferred directions, the selectivity for opposing motion disappeared. Irreconcilable differences between opposing factions soon emerged, sometimes producing a complete breakdown of co-operation. The opposing view- that dialects are organized in a continuum without sharp boundaries- is likewise popular. This may not always be realized by prescribers when they choose to test another pharmaceutical as opposed to looking at patients' metabolizing capacity. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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