opposite的幾種用法
opposite有多種詞性,使用時(shí)需注意。
1. 用作介詞,表示“在……對(duì)面”:如:
The hotel is opposite the church. 旅館在教堂對(duì)面。
Hang the picture on the wall opposite the window. 把畫(huà)掛在窗戶(hù)對(duì)面的墻上。
I sat opposite him during the meal. 席間我坐在他的對(duì)面。
有時(shí)其后還可連用介詞to構(gòu)成復(fù)合介詞。如:
He sat opposite (to) her during the meal. 吃飯的時(shí)候他坐在她的對(duì)面。
注意,住在街道一邊的人在談到街道另一邊的房子時(shí)應(yīng)該說(shuō)the houses opposite us(我們對(duì)面的房子),而不說(shuō)the houses in front of us,后者的意思是“在我們前面的房子”。
2. 用作形容詞,注意以下用法:
(1) 表示“對(duì)面的”,若指的是某事物的另一邊(on the other side of),則通常用于名詞前作定語(yǔ)。如:
He struck out for the opposite bank. 他奮力向?qū)Π队稳ァ?/p>
Answers are given on the opposite page. 答案在對(duì)面一頁(yè)上。
但是,若指的是面對(duì)說(shuō)話人、聽(tīng)話人或某個(gè)特定的人或物,則習(xí)慣上要用于名詞后作定語(yǔ)。如:
The man you are looking for is in the shop directly opposite. 你找的那個(gè)人就在對(duì)面的商店里。
Can you see where the grammar books are? The dictionaries are on the shelf directly opposite. 你看見(jiàn)語(yǔ)法書(shū)在哪兒呢嗎? 詞典都在正對(duì)著的書(shū)架上。
比較下面兩個(gè)句子:
He lives in the opposite house. 他住在街對(duì)面的房子里。
He lives in the house opposite. 他住在對(duì)面的那座房子里。
(2) 表示“完全不同的”“相反的”,若指“與……相反”,通常與介詞to搭配。如:
She went off in the opposite direction. 她往相反的方向走了。
I’ve got exactly the opposite opinion to yours. 我的意見(jiàn)和你的正相反。
注意習(xí)語(yǔ)the opposite sex(異性)。如:
He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex. 他覺(jué)得很難與異性交談。
3. 用作副詞,表示“在對(duì)面”。如:
He was fascinated by the woman sitting opposite. 他被坐在對(duì)面的女士迷住了。
The window was broken by the boy who lives opposite. 窗戶(hù)被住在對(duì)面的那個(gè)男孩打破了。
4. 用作名詞,有兩個(gè)意思是一是表示“反義詞”,二是表示“對(duì)立的事物”“相反的事物”,為可數(shù)名詞。如:
Black and white are opposites. 黑白是對(duì)立物。
But everything has an opposite. 但一切都有相反的一面。
You are nice; he is just the opposite. 你為人很好,他卻恰恰相反。