| 单词 | opposition |
| 释义 | opposition (ɒpəzɪʃən ) Word forms: oppositions 1. uncountable noun Opposition is strong, angry, or violent disagreement and disapproval. The government is facing a new wave of opposition in the form of a student strike. Much of the opposition to this plan has come from the media. [+ to] Synonyms: hostility, resistance, resentment, disapproval 2. countable noun [with singular or plural verb, usually singular, oft NOUN noun] The opposition is the political parties or groups that are opposed to a government. The main opposition parties boycotted the election, saying it would not be conducted fairly. 3. countable noun [with singular or plural verb, usually singular] In a country's parliament or legislature, the opposition refers to the politicians or political parties that form part of the parliament or legislature, but are not the government. ...the Leader of the Opposition. 4. singular noun [with singular or plural verb] The opposition is the person or team you are competing against in a sports event. Poland provide the opposition for the Scots' last warm-up match at home. [+ for] Collocations: effective opposition She seized the opportunity to deliver tough reforms that a more effective opposition might have stopped. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We need to be not just an effective opposition but an alternative government. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Effective opposition entails more than shouting down the government. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Under normal convention before an election the official opposition has access to senior officials to discuss their programme for government. Times, Sunday Times Only the official opposition can table a no-confidence motion. Times, Sunday Times Here we are, some way into a column about a by-election's implications for the future, and we haven't even mentioned the official opposition. Times, Sunday Times Over and above the political motive, though, the nation deserves more from the official opposition whose purpose ought to be to gain office. Times,Sunday Times The official opposition looks frightened of the voters. Times,Sunday Times We don't even have a decent opposition party to fight this government. The Sun In most circumstances, an effective opposition party has to have an identity of its own as well. Times, Sunday Times That drew withering scorn from all wings of the main opposition party. Times,Sunday Times But one day an opposition party will get its act together or a wholly new party will emerge. Times, Sunday Times Twenty-four hours later he was the new leader of the opposition party - a party that had taken an even more disturbing lurch to the right. Times, Sunday Times An incumbent leader will always have an edge over an opposition politician but pre-election bilaterals are rarely played out with such theatrical aplomb. Times, Sunday Times He then began a long period as an opposition politician — one in which his influence and popularity were slowly but steadily reduced. Times, Sunday Times It has been a long time coming, but at last an opposition politician has had the courage to break the taboo and talk about tax cuts. Times, Sunday Times It would last until 1988 before more opposition politician would be elected to the senate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several other opposition politician joined their hunger strike. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recent opposition protests have been only thinly attended. Times, Sunday Times Faced with waves of opposition protests, he has resorted to repression. The Times Literary Supplement His influence faded, however, after unexpectedly large opposition protests over falsified election results in 2011. Times,Sunday Times The nine, who are thought to work in the embassy's political section, are accused of playing a 'significant role' in opposition protests. Times, Sunday Times Critics have accused it of using excessive force to break up opposition protests. Times, Sunday Times More than 1,000 people have been arrested at opposition rallies in recent weeks. Times,Sunday Times The reports by opposition websites could not be independently verified because foreign journalists are banned from covering opposition rallies. Times, Sunday Times Opposition rallies have been paltry in comparison. Times, Sunday Times His supporters are frequently detained at opposition rallies. Times, Sunday Times He was released yesterday as the opposition rallies gained what would prove to be an unstoppable momentum. Times, Sunday Times A large hole in the ceiling highlights the escape route taken by a fleeing opposition supporter. Times, Sunday Times One opposition supporter, whose name was not on the list, alleges that he was bluntly told that he supported the wrong party. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Eventually armoured personnel carriers mounted with heavy machineguns shadowed the convoy and security personnel began to outnumber opposition supporters. Times, Sunday Times And opposition supporters are not afraid to give reporters their full names. Times, Sunday Times In the past year, though, the authorities have closed dozens of newspapers and pro-democracy groups and repeatedly jailed and fined opposition supporters. Times, Sunday Times The school's initial quiet disapproval, she said, had turned to outright opposition partly because of pressure from other parents and teachers. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Because of this, many of them had to suffer misunderstanding, disapproval and outright opposition from their colleagues. Christianity Today (2000) His move from scepticism to outright opposition to the project comes amid reports of internal Treasury disquiet. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It occurred, nonetheless, among an unprecedented flourishing of outspoken opposition. Times, Sunday Times He was evidently an attractive young man, notable for his popular preaching style and his outspoken opposition politics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This resulted from their outspoken opposition to the war, and particularly their call to abolish conscription. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Delegates will be trying to secure enough votes to overcome opposition from nations that either profit from the trade in the species or import them. Times, Sunday Times Instead of adopting your usual determination to overcome opposition, investigate the source of problems. Times, Sunday Times But he thought that this would require 'governmental action to overcome opposition'. Times, Sunday Times Developers may be forced to pay locals up to several thousand pounds in a bid to overcome opposition to shale gas exploration. The Sun This delay meant a low-key start, with no advertising, for a venture more than three years in planning which had overcome opposition from all sides of the fragmented rail industry. Times, Sunday Times Now he risks tarnishing his legacy by snubbing overwhelming opposition to his giveaway. The Sun All this despite overwhelming opposition among the public, with eight out of ten believing sentences are already too short, and demanding tougher, more unpleasant sentences. Times, Sunday Times Votes at annual meetings are only advisory at present, and companies often press ahead with pay plans despite overwhelming opposition from investors. Times, Sunday Times He brushed off the overwhelming opposition to the giant giveaway he plans as his final act as leader. The Sun An island-wide consultation exercise in the summer found overwhelming opposition to the postponed airport plan. Times, Sunday Times He could do little to prevent the rise of an increasingly cohesive parliamentary opposition. Times, Sunday Times Fifteen months on, his government has carried - by an unusual procedural manoeuvre to bypass parliamentary opposition - a bill to liberalise the economy. Times, Sunday Times He never understood the purpose of parliamentary opposition. Times, Sunday Times The logical route was to shift from clandestine opposition to a carefully organised parliamentary opposition and use the time to build cadres throughout the country. Times, Sunday Times But the parliamentary opposition rejected her power-sharing offer and effectively called for a new caretaker government, leaving her isolated for her final year in office. Times, Sunday Times Others were horrified that judges were turning themselves into a political opposition force. Times,Sunday Times A share ownership plan will form a key part of the financial restructuring, but it has met with strong political opposition. Times, Sunday Times Widespread disillusion erupted into protest after an online campaign took the place of a united political opposition. Times, Sunday Times Nor did he tolerate the formation of a political opposition. Times, Sunday Times Last night there were signs that the scheme could run up against political opposition. Times, Sunday Times Increasing the conditions set on people receiving sick benefit will provoke opposition. Times, Sunday Times The commission, on a 9-8 vote, called for a blanket ban but the terms and conditions of the ban provoked opposition. Times,Sunday Times Both artists, moreover, strove to transcend their beginnings without disowning them, an ideal that provoked opposition in both art and life. The Times Literary Supplement Furthermore, it was the behaviour of those conducting the war, not the war itself that provoked opposition within the labour movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His proposal provoked opposition from two economic sectors: commerce and agriculture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Perhaps they'll be successful in rousing public opposition; if so, that would be a shame. Times, Sunday Times The new plants will almost certainly be built on existing sites to lessen planning objections and public opposition. Times, Sunday Times Public opposition to shale gas has reached an all-time high. Times, Sunday Times It now says planning delays and public opposition make production unlikely to start before 2020. Times, Sunday Times Expect widespread public opposition to any plans to privatise roads or introduce motorway tolls. Times, Sunday Times Now the autocrat has a serious opposition challenger and some urgent choices to make about his management of the economy and his style of governance. Times, Sunday Times It turns out it's no joke to live in a country without a serious opposition, especially when the times call for military action. Times, Sunday Times He faced serious opposition over his land tax and provincial assembly proposals, but he conducted himself gracefully. The Times Literary Supplement The troops met with 'serious opposition', the enemy holding 'strong entrenchments, protected by barbed wire'. Times, Sunday Times The ones that retained their seats did so because they faced little serious opposition. Christianity Today This startling and easily verifiable fact, the scientists believed, would silence the opposition and keep them safe. Times, Sunday Times To silence the opposition, the standing government was dismissed, and a new one formed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, the forced disappearances was the military juntas attempt to silence the opposition and break the determination of the guerrillas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1950 these leaders embarked upon a campaign of mass oathing to silence the opposition and unify the community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The closure was seen as a move to silence an opposition voice in the media. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Facing stiff opposition from environmentalists, the new superjet makers have insisted that new technology will mitigate the emissions and noise. Times,Sunday Times However, the plan met stiff opposition and was dropped. Times, Sunday Times Naturally, the report encountered stiff opposition from the civil service, which deployed its time-honoured delaying tactics. Times, Sunday Times But she faces plenty of stiff opposition. The Sun But they have run into stiff opposition over the plans. The Sun In his final outing in such a contest, he scored a clean sweep in seven games against strong opposition. Times, Sunday Times Against strong opposition, my parish council pushed through plans for a bridle path, costing 5,000 of taxpayers' money. Times, Sunday Times Since words and actions are not obliged to correspond, outward conformity to central diktat may conceal strong opposition in the provinces. Times,Sunday Times The college revolt has prompted strong opposition from what appears to be a majority of students who do not want their studies disrupted. Times, Sunday Times I was one of the few advisers and then ministers who kept up strong opposition to the idea of joining. Times, Sunday Times A dictatorial trend developed that advocated the use of law and legal institutions to suppress all opposition to the regime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was also named as the head of the security committee in the province to monitor and suppress the opposition activities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The years of his tenure were marked with a dictatorial style of ruling by suppressing all opposition harshly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For that, and in the absence of any viable opposition, he will once again get my vote. The Sun This would create a viable opposition platform that might also foster conditions for better governance and greater development in years to come. ST What then are the prospects for a viable opposition? ST They claim to be the only viable opposition to the regime and are beloved of many neocons. The Times Literary Supplement If oil plunges into the mid-$20s, that could arouse more vigorous opposition. Times, Sunday Times The toxin of xenophobia needs vigorous opposition and hostility. Times, Sunday Times The first column, however, faced more vigorous opposition on the right of the front. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this undertaking he met with vigorous opposition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They met vigorous opposition to their ideas from senior army officers who favored the use of armor in support of infantry and not as a separate arm conducting independent operations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the year progressed, the loose confederation held thousands of rallies and disrupted politicians' town hall meetings, directing their most vocal opposition against healthcare reform. Times, Sunday Times The country still has a relatively free press and a vocal opposition. Times, Sunday Times There has been much less vocal opposition to the string of recent bank deals. Times, Sunday Times After a lengthy process of approvals, marked by some vocal opposition, the congregation gained the requisite permissions to build and relocate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Amid vocal opposition and little apparent support, the plans for expansion were cancelled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All those matches we had in the first couple of rounds were against weak opposition. Times, Sunday Times She can prove too good against weak opposition for this listed prize. Times, Sunday Times Back them both against weak opposition and you get at least 5-2 if one of them wins. The Sun And his performance in this department was no exception last night, especially against such weak opposition. The Sun Yes, they won their first four matches - but against weak opposition who would struggle to score tries on an empty pitch. The Sun The plan was swiftly dropped after widespread opposition. The Sun The fact that last week's protests failed to ignite widespread opposition suggests that he has a point - resistance may ebb away. Times, Sunday Times Research on genetically modified plants must go ahead, despite widespread opposition, because they are an essential part of sustainable agriculture and for fighting disease. Times, Sunday Times There's widespread opposition to the idea, with politicians and civil servants saying it's a quick fix that would solve nothing. Times, Sunday Times It has already provoked widespread opposition from residents near the sites of the proposed developments. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 反对派 Japanese: 反対 |
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