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词汇 example_english_complete-opposite
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complete opposite

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meanings of completeand opposite


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complete
adjective
uk /kəmˈpliːt/ us /kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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opposite
noun[C often singular]
uk /ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/ us /ˈɑː.pə.zɪt/
something or someone that is completely different from another person ...
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Examples of complete opposite


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It is the completeopposite of the instinctive human reaction to pain: the deliberate, conscious attempt to feel as much physical anguish as possible.
Totalitarianism was the limitation of choices, and liberalism the completeopposite.
Metallurgical operations were not carried out in order to cause chemical changes but rather to achieve the completeopposite, the mere purification or mixing of conserved metals.
What is said is one thing, but what actually happens is the completeopposite.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It strikes me as the completeopposite of the real position.
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It is the completeopposite of democracy at work.
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That is the completeopposite of what we want.
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These schemes may now only receive support as existing schemes close and, therefore, the completeopposite applies.
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I believe the fact to be the completeopposite of the case.
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That was the completeopposite of the pledge on which they fought the 1987 general election.
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That is the completeopposite of the present method.
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Instead, we had the completeopposite of property taxation.
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For many people, that is a disincentive to find work—which is the completeopposite of all that we want to achieve.
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The problem of unemployment will not be solved by increasing deficits, indeed past experience has demonstrated the completeopposite.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
By any standard definition, that is not a monopoly, but almost the completeopposite.
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I am sure that that is the completeopposite of what he shall be doing.
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Toughening up asylum legislation is not the right approach; in fact, it is the completeopposite.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
So when rhetorical reference is made to subsidiarity, a poorly understood concept, conclusions should be drawn from such day-to-day events which demonstrate the completeopposite.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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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