1 opposition (to sb/sth) the feeling of disagreeing with sth and the action of trying to change it 反对；对抗: He expressed strong opposition to the plan. 他对那个计划表示强烈反对。

2 the opposition [sing] the person or team who you compete against in sport, business, etc （体育运动、生意等的）对手: We need to find out what the opposition is doing. 我们须要搞清对手在做什么。

3 the Opposition [sing] the politicians or the political parties that are in Parliament but not in the government 在野党；反对党；反对党议员: the leader of the Opposition 反对党领袖Opposition MPs 反对党议员 In numbers

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3义项中，opposition可与单数或复数动词连用。