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- attrib. having a position on the other or further side when seen from a specified or implicit viewpoint; facing something, especially something of the same type对面的：
a crowd gathered on the opposite side of the street.
一群人聚集在街对面。
1.1
- postpositive facing the speaker or a specified person or thing（在说话者、某人或某物）对面的：
he went into the shop opposite.
他走进了对面的商店。
1.2
- (of angles) between opposite sides of the intersection of two lines（角）对的。
1.3
- Botany (of leaves or shoots) arising in pairs at the same level on opposite sides of the stem【植】（叶, 芽）对生的。
2
- diametrically different; of a contrary kind完全不同的; 截然相反的：
a word that is opposite in meaning to another
意思与另一个词完全相反的词
currents flowing in opposite directions.
相反方向的水流。
2.1
- attrib. being the other of a contrasted pair对立的：
the opposite ends of the price range.
价格范围的两端。
- a person or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or something else对立物, 对立面：
we were opposites in temperament.
我们性情相反。
the literal is the opposite of the figurative.
字面意义是和比喻意义相对的。
- in a position facing a specified or implied subject在对面地：
she was sitting almost opposite.
她几乎就坐在对面。
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- in a position on the other side of a specific area from; facing在…的对面：
they sat opposite one another.
他们面对面坐着。
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- figurative (of someone taking a leading part in a play or film) in a complementary role to (another performer)〈喻〉（戏剧或电影的主要演员）与…联袂合演。
短语
the opposite sex
- women in relation to men or vice versa异性。
派生词
oppositely
adverboppositeness
noun词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere 'set against'.