You can picture two things placed directly face to face, standing against each other across a line — one pushing this way, the other pushing back. Every meaning the word carries is some version of that facing-off.
From the word’s history
From Latin opponere 'to set against', from ob- 'in front of, against' + ponere 'to put, place' — literally placing one thing across from another. It entered English first as an astronomy term for two heavenly bodies exactly across the sky from each other, before it meant resistance.
來自拉丁文 opponere（擺到對面去），由 ob-（在前面、對著）加 ponere（放、擺）組成，字面就是「把一個東西擺到另一個的正對面」。它最早進英文時是天文用語，指兩顆星體在天上剛好正對，之後才引申出「抗拒、反對」。
etymonline.com/word/opposition; Merriam-Webster
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oppositionnoun/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/
- 1
The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- The two politicians are in opposition to the bill.
- The proposal met with strong opposition from local residents.
- 2
An opposite or contrasting position.
- Near-synonym: oppositeness
- These ideas are in opposition to each other.
- 3
astronomynatural-sciencesThe apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
- 4
governmentpoliticsA political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
- leader of the opposition
- 5
lawIn United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- 6
board-gameschessgamesA position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- 7
human-scienceslogicmathematicsThe difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
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