(verb.) be against; express opposition to; 'We oppose the ban on abortion'.
(verb.) be resistant to; 'The board opposed his motion'.
(verb.) contrast with equal weight or force.
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双语例句
These two years, said he, will pass swiftly, and it will be the last delay that will oppose itself to your happiness. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
We stand up for self-government, and oppose centralisation. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
Many will oppose this of the bridge. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
On THAT head, therefore, it was not for her to oppose her mother's intention of removing into Devonshire. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
Emma had not another word to oppose. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
Elizabeth could not oppose such a wish; and from this time Mr. Bingley's name was scarcely ever mentioned between them. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
While speaking, and afterwards, the lady kept watchfully between her and the staircase, as if prepared to oppose her going up, by force. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Gerty Farish had opposed the plan with all the energy of her somewhat inarticulate nature. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
I represented that I knew him (as I did and do) to be strenuously opposed to it, both in opinion and action. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
These are not irrecon cilably opposed. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Say, then, is not pleasure opposed to pain? 柏拉图.理想国.
He opposed the existing state of affairs on the ground that it formed neither the citizen nor the man. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
He was so strong, so sustaining, and he could not be opposed. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
These things and deeds are diametrically opposed: they are as distinct as is vice from virtue. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
He had the faith of the one, the doubt of the other, and, drawn strongly either way by these opposing forces, paused irresolutely between the two. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
At any rate he sickened, and after opposing to the malady a taciturn resistance for a day or two, was obliged to keep his chamber. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
He was in that mood in which I thought it best not to increase his determination (if anything could increase it) by opposing him. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
I left off opposing her favourite whim on that account, because some of the sympathy was sure, in course of time, to fall to my share. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
It is they who turn opposing interests into a class war. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
She knew the strength of the opposing impulses-she could feel the countless hands of habit dragging her back into some fresh compromise with fate. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
They buffet with opposing waves, to gain the bloody shore, not to recede from it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Thus it appears, that the principle, which opposes our passion, cannot be the same with reason, and is only called so in an improper sense. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
I lament afresh the cruel necessity which sets our interests at variance, and opposes us to each other. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
There exists an educational tradition which opposes science to literature and history in the curriculum. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.