/əˈpəʊzd ||; əˈpozd/adj opposed to sth disagreeing with a plan, action, etc; believing that sth is wrong 反对(计划、行动等)的;认为…是错误的:
She has always been strongly opposed to experiments on animals. 她一向都极力反对用动物来做实验。 as opposed to (used to emphasize the difference between two things) rather than; and not (用于强调两个事物之间的差别)而不是:
Your work will be judged by quality, as opposed to quantity. 衡量你的工作是以质量而不是以数量为标准。