against
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. 反对,违反;对……不利;紧靠,倚,碰撞;针对;预防,抵御;(体育比赛)对阵;以……为背景;参照,和……相比;(赌博)预计……的失败
词源解说
- 12世纪初期进入英语,直接源自古英语的agenes,意为反方向,反对。
用法辨析
- against作“反对”解时反义词是for。
- against用在fight,strive,struggle等词后面,同with意思相同,不过against更强调一种困难中的反抗。We fight for the weak against the strong.
- 作为介词,against后接的宾语有时可省略。He had intended to come but somehow decided against(it).
prep. (介词)
词组短语
- act against 违反
- argue against 反对;据理反对;争辩;反驳
- be divided against itself 分裂成派系而自我削弱
- bang one 's head against a (brick) wall 以头碰壁;试图干不可能的事,枉费心机,白费力气
- bash one 's head against a (brick) wall 以头碰壁;试图干不可能的事,枉费心机,白费力气
用作介词 (prep.)
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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
- 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