opponent

英 [ə'pəʊnənt] 美 [ə'poʊnənt]

• n. 对手；反对者；敌手
• adj. 反对的；敌对的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]对手,敌手

   a person who takes the opposite side in a game

2. [C]反对者

   a person who opposes sb/sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 对手
2. 反对者
3. 敌手
4. 【解】对向肌
5. 【解】对抗肌
6. 对方队员
7. 竞争者
8. 阻止者

adj. 形容词

1. 对立的
2. 反对的
3. 对抗的
4. 对向肌的
5. 相向的
6. 对面的
7. 将各部分相互对抗的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a contestant that you are matched against

2. someone who offers opposition

Adjective:

1. characterized by active hostility;

   "opponent (or opposing) armies"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was assailed by his political opponent.
   他遭到政敌的攻击。
2. I tried to comfort him after he was defeated by his opponent.
   他被对手击败后，我尽力安慰他。
3. He knocked down his opponent with a powerful left.
   他一记有力的左手拳将对手击倒。
4. He is slashing wildly at his opponent with a sword.
   他正用剑疯狂地朝对手乱砍。
5. She is one of the strongest opponents of tax reform.
   她是税收改革最强烈的反对者之一。
6. The knight dismounted his opponent.
   骑士将他的敌手打下马。
7. Jack was really going for his opponent,ahnding it out with both fists.
   杰克毫不客气地向她的敌手进攻，用双拳把他狠狠地揍了一顿。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The company, which had long been an opponent of electrification, changed its stance earlier this year in light of slipping global sales.
   该公司长期以来一直反对的电气化，改变了其立场，在今年早些时候，鉴于全球销售下滑。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He beat his opponent in the election.
   他在选举中击败了对手。
2. She is one of the strongest opponents of tax reform.
   她是税收改革最强烈的反对者之一。

经典引文

• Better accepted as a friend..than as a formidable opponent.

  出自：New Society

• He was an entrenched opponent of modern biblical scholarship.

  出自： A. N. Wilson

• Opponents have accused her of never being willing to learn from anyone.

  出自： P. Grosskurth

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• attack the opponent 攻击对手
• beat the opponent 击败对手
• condemn the opponent 谴责对手

形容词+～

• bitter opponent 死对头
• formidable opponent 难以对付的对手
• powerful opponent 强大的对手

～+介词

• opponents of apartheid 反对种族隔离的人
• opponents to a bill 议案的反对者

词义辨析

n. (名词)

opponent, adversary, antagonist, enemy, foe

• foe的意思是“仇敌”,主要用于文学语言中,常与friend相对; adversary意为“对手,反对者”,可指“反对的一方”,也可指敌人; antagonist 指积极采取敌对行为的“对抗者”,尤指在争权夺霸过程中的“敌手”; enemy意为“敌人,仇敌”,是普通用语,在指“敌军”时,常用单数形式; opponent意为“对手”,多指比赛、辩论或竞争中的对方,一般不表示有积极的敌意。

opponent，competitor，enemy，foe，rival

• 这些名词均有“对手、敌手”之意。
• opponent最常用词，通常指在争论、辩论、竞选或竞赛以及其它各种矛盾冲突中站在对立面的“对手”或“敌手”。
• competitor指为同一目标或目的竞争者，一般无感情色彩。
• enemy多指充满敌意的仇敌。
• foe语气较强，多用于书面文字和诗歌中，指不仅敌对，而且很危险，怀有很深的敌意。
• rival指与某人目标一致而想赶上或超过他的人，匹敌者。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自拉丁语的opponentem，意为相对。

近反义词

【近义词】

• adversary
• enemy

【反义词】

• ally
• friend