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opposition

英 [ɒpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] 美['ɑpə'zɪʃən]

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n. 反对；反对派；在野党；敌对

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It met with firm opposition from the food industry.

The final legislation might throw a public plan into the competition, but thanks to the fierce opposition of the insurance industry and Republican critics, it might not save much money.

Powerful opposition to government's stimulus efforts.

There is strong opposition from veteran nicotine addicts.

The government has moved reluctantly into a sensible public health policy, but with such obvious over- cautiousness that any political credit due belongs to the opposition.

The move was prompted by OPEC's desire to raise prices by restricting supply and by its opposition to US support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War.

Among high-skilled, better-educated employees, however, opposition was strongest in states with both high numbers of immigrants and relatively generous social services.

That conclusion was reinforced by another finding: that their opposition appeared to soften when that fiscal burden decreased, as occurred with welfare reform in the 1990s, which curbed immigrants' access to certain benefits

The opposition from business circles.

Hacker's argument has met with opposition from other math educators who say what's needed is to help students develop a better relationship with math earlier, rather than teaching them less math altogether.

More than that, Apple—and, in different ways, other tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft—have made their opposition to the government's claims a point of corporate pride.

Note that Apple's public opposition to the government's request is itself a hindrance to mass government intrusion.

The government has moved reluctantly into a sensible public health policy, but with such obvious over-cautiousness that any political credit due belongs to the opposition.

Opposition to telescopes on Mauna Kea is nothing new.

And if Sadiq Khan wins and extends it to the North and South circular roads in 2021 as he intends, it is sure to spark intense opposition from the far larger number of motorists who will then be affected.

Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida made opposition to the zone a centrepiece of his election campaign, despite its success in improving air quality.

The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved.