opposed

1. ADJ If you are opposed to something, you disagree with it or disapprove of it. 反對(duì)的[v-link ADJ 'to' n/-ing]

I am utterly opposed to any form of terrorism. 我堅(jiān)決反對(duì)任何形式的恐怖主義。

2. ADJ You say that two ideas or systems are opposed when they are opposite to each other or very different from each other. 對(duì)立的

...people with policies almost diametrically opposed to his own. …那些持有與他自己幾乎截然相反政策的人們。

3. PHRASE You use as opposed to when you want to make it clear that you are talking about one particular thing and not something else. 而不是…

We ate in the restaurant, as opposed to the bistro. 我們是在飯店喫的飯，而不是在小酒館。