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Opponent Literally Set Object 2195.Opponent 英 ə'Pəʊnənt]美 ə'Ponənt

正面 2195.opponent
英 [ə'pəʊnənt]美 [ə'ponənt]

背面
释义:
n. 对手;反对者;敌手adj. 对立的;敌对的
例句:
1. Young and old saw in him an implacable opponent of apartheid.无论老少都看出他是种族隔离制度的坚决反对者。

1. op- "against" + pon- + -ent.2. literally "set against, set opposite". => oppose, object to.
opponent 反对者,对手op-,相对,对着的,-pon,放置,词源同pose,component.即对着放的,引申词义反对者,对手。
opponent (n.)1580s, from Latin opponentem (nominative opponens), present participle of opponere "oppose, object to," literally "set against, set opposite," from ob "against" (see ob-) + ponere "to put, set, place" (see position (n.))."

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