| 词组 | opposite |
| 释义 | opposite Many commentators observe that opposite as an adjective is followed by either to or from ("They sat opposite to/from each other") and that opposite as a noun is followed by of ("His opinions are the opposite of hers"). With regard to the adjective, our evidence supports the observation entirely: • ... in a direction opposite to that hypothesized — Robert F. Forston & Charles Urban Larson, Jour, of Communication, June 1968 • ... almost exactly opposite from me —John Hawkes, Fiction, vol. 1, no. 4, 1973 • But our evidence for the noun is more equivocal. The usual preposition following the noun is unquestionably of The overall tone ... is the opposite of scholarly — Norman Horrocks, Library Jour., July 1966 • ... for legislation precisely the opposite of the Pas-tore bill —John Fischer, Harper's, December 1969 But to has also had some reputable use with the noun: • ... he perversely accomplishes the opposite to what he presumably intended —College English, January 1945 • ... the opposite to the goal actually sought —Brian Crozier, Interplay, June/July 1969 There is no particular reason why this choice of preposition should be considered incorrect; it certainly does not violate idiom in any way. It is atypical, however. |
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