opponent
                
          英 [?'p??n?nt]
美 [?'pon?nt]
        
                
          
            - n. 對手;反對者;敵手
- adj. 對立的;敵對的
 
        
                
                助記提示
        
        1. op- "against" + pon- + -ent.
2. literally "set against, set opposite". => oppose, object to.
                中文詞源
        
        opponent 反對者,對手op-,相對,對著的,-pon,放置,詞源同pose,component.即對著放的,引申詞義反對者,對手。
 
                英文詞源
        
        - 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.)).
雙語例句
        
        - 1. Young and old saw in him an implacable opponent of apartheid. 
- 無論老少都看出他是種族隔離制度的堅(jiān)決反對者。
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- 2. The president put the blame squarely on his opponent. 
- 總統(tǒng)將責(zé)任完全歸咎于對手。
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- 3. He's the best opponent I've come across this season, a great player. 
- 他是我本賽季遇到的最出色的對手,一位了不起的運(yùn)動員。
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- 4. Her opponent called her a liar to her face. 
- 她的對手當(dāng)著她面說她是撒謊精。
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- 5. The worst thing you can do is underestimate an opponent. 
- 最嚴(yán)重的錯誤就是低估對手。
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