Opposition

(noun.) a body of people united in opposing something.

(noun.) the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected; 'Her Majesty's loyal opposition'.

(noun.) a contestant that you are matched against.

(noun.) a direction opposite to another.

(noun.) the relation between opposed entities.

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• For his observation was constantly confirming Mr. Farebrother's assurance that the banker would not overlook opposition. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• A few of our cavalry dashed in, and forded and swam the stream, and all opposition was soon dispersed. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She married me in opposition to her father's wish, and he renounced her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Thus our general rules are in a manner set in opposition to each other. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The Crown Prince is always in opposition to the crown or hankering after it. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It is not a passionate quarrel that would have broken my heart; it is the steady opposition and persistence in going wrong that he has shown. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• So much for the early opposition, of which there was plenty. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But when it is perceived that each idea signifies the quality of mind expressed in action, the supposed opposition between them falls away. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The opposition of rival manufacturers could not in the nature of things long retard what was to become one of the nation’s main industries. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Tidings of an armed and regular opposition recalled them to a sort of order. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Uncertainty has the same influence as opposition. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The Opposition of Experience and True Knowledge. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The Opposition of Duty and Interest. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Ministers and Opposition joined. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• MAN TO MAN He lay sick and unmoved, in pure opposition to everything. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Indubitably the broad lines of our present world, the main ideas, the chief oppositions, were appearing in those days. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That opposition to the New Fever Hospital which Lydgate had sketched to Dorothea was, like other oppositions, to be viewed in many different lights. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Indifference is a criticism that cuts beneath oppositions and wranglings by calling the political method itself into question. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The Roman power was expanding, and as it expanded these old class oppositions of the early Latin community were becoming unmeaning. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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