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词汇 example_english_direct-opposite
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direct opposite

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meanings of directand opposite


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direct
adjective
uk /daɪˈrekt/ us /daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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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 direct opposite


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The adjustment process in countries with centralized labour markets is a directopposite of this strategy.
For an action, 'you can take the train' seems the directopposite of 'you can't take the train'.
We are given arguments that present the directopposite of the reality.
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In my view, the directopposite is the case.
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Are not the statements in this book the directopposite of the truth?
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There could also be the risk of the directopposite—some very sticky psychiatrist who feels that there is a legal consequence from labelling somebody schizophrenic.
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But you are taking a step now which, so far from encouraging the use of those facilities, will do the directopposite.
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I am prepared to maintain that often the directopposite is true.
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That is the directopposite of what we believe.
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The conclusions of the study were the directopposite of what was reported in the press.
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Their view is the directopposite to that in his statement.
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You have often heard me say hat they do the directopposite.
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It is the directopposite to the approach that is required.
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I could quote many business men who have said the directopposite.
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In other words, a doctrine is invoked in the service of its directopposite.
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But what we have is the directopposite.
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The two things are built up on entirely differing conceptions, and one is the directopposite of the other.
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It is really the directopposite.
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Schools selecting pupils is the directopposite of parents and pupils selecting schools.
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But the situation is the directopposite.
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