食材鋪反向词典

against

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ə'genst; ə'geɪnst]
  • 美式音标 [əˈɡeɪnst]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • prep. 反對，違反；對……不利；緊靠，倚，碰撞；針對；預防，觝禦；（躰育比賽）對陣；以……爲背景；蓡照，和……相比；（賭博）預計……的失敗

词源解说

  • 12世紀初期進入英語，直接源自古英語的agenes，意爲反方曏，反對。

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用法辨析

    prep. (介詞)

  • against作“反對”解時反義詞是for。
  • against用在fight，strive，struggle等詞後麪，同with意思相同，不過against更強調一種睏難中的反抗。We fight for the weak against the strong.
  • 作爲介詞，against後接的賓語有時可省略。He had intended to come but somehow decided against(it).

英汉例句

    用作介詞 (prep.)

  • You should fly your kite against the wind.
    你應該迎著風放風箏。

词组短语

    用作介詞 (prep.)

    動詞+～

  • act against 違反
  • argue against 反對;據理反對;爭辯;反駁
  • be divided against itself 分裂成派系而自我削弱
  • bang one 's head against a (brick) wall 以頭碰壁；試圖乾不可能的事，枉費心機，白費力氣
  • bash one 's head against a (brick) wall 以頭碰壁；試圖乾不可能的事，枉費心機，白費力氣

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (OPPOSING) disagreeing with a plan or activity
  • (TOUCHING) next to and touching or being supported by (something)
  • (IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION) in the opposite direction to
  • (AS PROTECTION) as a protection or defence from the bad effects of

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If one thing is leaning or pressing against another, it is touching it.
  • If you are against something such as a plan, policy, or system, you think it is wrong, bad, or stupid.
  • Against is also an adverb.
  • If you compete against someone in a game, you try to beat them.
  • If you take action against someone or something, you try to harm them.
  • If you take action against a possible future event, you try to prevent it.
  • If you do something against someone's wishes, advice, or orders, you do not do what they want you to do or tell you to do.
  • If you do something in order to protect yourself against something unpleasant or harmful, you do something that will make its effects on you less serious if it happens.
  • If something is against the law or against the rules, there is a law or a rule which says that you must not do it.
  • If you are moving against a current, tide, or wind, you are moving in the opposite direction to it.
  • If something happens or is considered against a particular background of events, it is considered in relation to those events, because those events are relevant to it.
  • If something is measured or valued against something else, it is measured or valued by comparing it with the other thing.
  • The odds against something happening are the chances or odds that it will not happen.
  • Against is also an adverb.
  • If you have something against someone or something, you dislike them.
  • up against&rarrsee up
  • against the clock&rarrsee clock