"oppose" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

oppose verbo

oppose + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 153
oppose abortion • oppose efforts • oppose marriage • oppose action • oppose one's policies • oppose one's decision • oppose attempts • ...
verbo + oppose
Kolokacji: 5
continue to oppose • lead to oppose • dare oppose • urge to oppose • hold opposing
oppose + preposición
Kolokacji: 28
opposed to • oppose by • oppose without • oppose on • oppose in • ...
oppose + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 107
strongly oppose • vehemently opposed • adamantly opposed • vigorously oppose • diametrically opposed • bitterly opposed • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 25
(1) strongly, effectively
Kolokacji: 2
1. vehemently opposed = gwałtownie sprzeciwić się vehemently opposed
2. fiercely opposed = gwałtownie sprzeciwić się fiercely opposed
4. heavily opposed = ciężko sprzeciwić się heavily opposed
5. ferociously opposed = gwałtownie sprzeciwić się ferociously opposed
  • The makers of better wines "are ferociously opposed," Mr. Dreyer, 50, said by phone.
  • The Third Home Rule Bill introduced in 1912 was as in 1886 and 1893 ferociously opposed by Ulster unionists, for whom Home Rule was synonymous with Rome Rule as well as being indicative of economic decline and a threat to their cultural identity.
  • While the Greek colonels were at times prepared to make a deal with Turkey about Cyprus, Grivas was ferociously opposed to any arrangement that did not lead to complete enosis.
  • He has been closely aligned with organized labor throughout his career, and the unions are ferociously opposed to the trade agreement.
  • The measure, sponsored by the subcommittee chairman, Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, is expected to be ferociously opposed by the tobacco industry.
  • Marc Blitzstein's musical position paper in defense of labor unions, "The Cradle Will Rock," is a period piece that begs an understanding of its period: the later years of the Depression when unions were exercising fresh muscles and being ferociously opposed by industrialists.
  • Ferociously opposed to the 1914 Union sacrée, Sorel denounced the war and in 1917 praised the Russian Revolution, calling Lenin "the greatest theoretician of socialism since Marx."
  • Endeavors to clear Wilde's name were ferociously opposed: "You may be quite sure you will never be asked to the house again," Douglas wrote to Wilde's primary defender, Robert Ross, after physically attacking him at a dinner party.
  • The reform was ferociously opposed by the Chinese Communist Party government as the violation to the Sino-British agreement.
  • I believe he is ferociously opposed to the euro, as he has every right to be.
(3) adamantly, implacably
Kolokacji: 2
(6) bitterly, virulently
Kolokacji: 2
(7) initially, originally
Kolokacji: 2
(8) generally, specifically
Kolokacji: 2
(14) successfully, unsuccessfully
Kolokacji: 2
(16) deeply, profoundly
Kolokacji: 2
(18) fundamentally, necessarily
Kolokacji: 2
(19) most, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(21) unanimously, solidly
Kolokacji: 2
(22) flatly, categorically
Kolokacji: 2

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