opposition
英英释意
- 1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with;
- "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"
- "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
- 2. the relation between opposed entities
- 3. the act of opposing groups confronting each other;
- "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"
- "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
- 4. a contestant that you are matched against
- 5. a body of people united in opposing something
- 6. a direction opposite to another
- 7. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force);
- "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
- 8. a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected;
- "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"