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。

同根派生

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用法辨析

prep. (介词)

• 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).

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英汉例句

用作介词 (prep.)

• You should fly your kite against the wind.
  你应该迎着风放风筝。

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词组短语

用作介词 (prep.)

动词+～

• 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

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (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

柯林斯英英字典

• 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

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• against柯林斯字典