| 单词 | in opposition to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin opposition (to) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [noun] opposition?a1425 counterview1590 contrariety1615 opposal1852 face-to-faceness1874 vis-à-visness1887 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 127v Causez of obliquitee somtyme ar..vse of biholding..to þat partie to which is made þe obliquacioun..opposicioun of a wyndow or of liȝt or of peyntyng to o partie. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 803 Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death my Son and foe. View more context for this quotation 1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminiscences in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 2/2 In one quarter, a little wood..more directly in opposition to the spectator; a few green fields. 1845 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 134/1 When any two visible objects are nearly connected..if one be viewed from the other, it will appear to be placed in opposition. in opposition to a. Contrary or hostile argument or action; resistance; dissent, or contradiction; objection. With against or esp. to. in opposition to: in conflict or disagreement with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] contrariositya1340 adversitya1382 champertyc1386 contrariousness1398 thwartingc1430 contrariancec1450 contrariness?1530 withsitting1532 oppugning1535 opposition1548 oppugnation1563 thwartness1577 adverseness1580 crossing1580 breasting1594 antipathy1601 oppugnancy1609 affrontment1611 opposure1611 thortera1614 contrariancya1617 obstancy1616 oppositeness1619 contropposition1621 obstrigillation1623 opposing1624 hostility1632 opposal1638 crossness1641 affront1642 aversion1651 oppugnance1657 shock1664 opponency1727 counteraction1750 antagonism1797 throwing1816 oppositiveness1824 kick1839 variance1842 opposedness1853 againstness1909 hornet1921 adversariness1970 oppositionality1989 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxv To obeye vs without opposicion, contradiccion or difficultee. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 539 Of latter yeeres there hath beene some strong opposition. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 54 In Firmilianus his Epistle to Cyprian, written in opposition to Stephanus his Epistle.., there appeares more liberty. 1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 59 Heresie or abuse, if it be gray-headed, deserves sharper opposition. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 10 Nature of Aire being to ascend, and when it meets with a sudden opposition it spreads. 1747 Bp. J. Butler Serm. before Lords in Wks. (1874) II. 300 Opposition..to measures which he sees to be necessary, is itself immoral. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 11 They made a brave opposition against the veteran army. 1803 Edwin I. x. 152 That Edwin is no more, the voice of rumour, unstopped by opposition, has long declared. 1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 104/1 The defile among the hills..in which they anticipated so bloody an opposition from the Cossacks. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. x. 240 A life of enmities is greatly in opposition to growth in holiness. 1909 G. Stein Three Lives (1970) 19 Jane had met Anna with sharp resistance, in opposition to her ways. 1945 V. Ferm Encycl. Relig. 541 His [sc. Alexander Oettingen's] social ethics was an opposition against every spiritualistic personal ethic and against any materialistic social physics. 2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ii. 50 I have never understood opposition to my chosen position in life as a waster. in opposition to a. A state of contrast or antithesis; the action of comparing or contrasting one thing to another; † a contrary or opposite quality or state (obsolete). in opposition to: in contrast with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] riot?c1225 contrariositya1340 contrarietyc1380 contrariness1398 contrariousness1398 repugnance?a1425 contrariancec1450 oppositiona1500 contraposition1581 countermatching1587 counterposition1594 antipathy1601 antistrophe1605 thwarting1609 contrariancya1617 antithesis1631 contrast1731 contrastiveness1949 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 51 The body is corruptible, and corrupcion happeth therto of opposicion [a1500 Lamb. contrariouste] of complexion and of humours that ben ther-yn. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. 173 Oppositions of vertues by way of comparison is their chiefe commendation. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxiii. 105 How great is the opposition betwixt that assembly and this company? 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 257 Plainness, in opposition to ænigmaticalness. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 46 Their Verdure serving as a Ground to the Figures,..improves them by the Opposition it produces. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 530 The stellated and radiating forms of it's palms..constitute a very agreeable opposition with the roundness of it's stem. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 357 What was made above bright by opposition to blue, being underneath made cool and dark by opposition to gold. 1874 J. Parker Paraclete xix. 354 Enmity is set in opposition to love, and carnality in opposition to spiritual-mindedness. 1953 F. Vreede Living Hindu Philos. iv. 27 The opposition of purusha to prakriti represents the complementarity of two universal aspects of reality: ‘essence’ and ‘substance’. 1993 This Mag. Dec. 35/3 When Susan Griffin says culture is our ‘revenge against nature’, she means the culture/nature opposition has left nature holding the shitty end of the stick. < as lemmas |
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