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adverse 音標拼音: [ædv'ɚs] ['ædv ,ɚs] [ədv'ɚs] a. 不利的,敵對的,相反的,逆的 不利的,敵對的,相反的,逆的 adverse adj 1: contrary to your interests or welfare; " adverse circumstances"; " made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" [ synonym: { adverse}, { inauspicious}, { untoward}] 2: in an opposing direction; " adverse currents"; " a contrary wind" [ synonym: { adverse}, { contrary}] Adverse \ Ad* verse"\, v. t. [ L. adversari: cf. OF. averser.] To oppose; to resist. [ Obs.] -- Gower. [ 1913 Webster]
Adverse \ Ad" verse\, a. [ OE. advers, OF. avers, advers, fr. L. adversus, p. p. advertere to turn to. See { Advert}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Opposite. " Calpe' s adverse height." -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] 3. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one' s wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. [ 1913 Webster] Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. -- Southey. [ 1913 Webster] { Adverse possession} ( Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. -- Abbott. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See { Averse}. [ 1913 Webster] 88 Moby Thesaurus words for " adverse": adversary, adversative, adversive, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, at cross- purposes, balancing, clashing, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse, counter, counteractive, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, cross, dead against, deleterious, detrimental, difficult, disaccordant, disadvantageous, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, fractious, hard, harmful, hostile, hurtful, impeding, in opposition, inconsistent, inimical, injurious, inverse, miserable, negative, noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, obstructive, obverse, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse, prejudicial, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, reverse, rigorous, rival, sinister, squared off, stressful, troublesome, troublous, trying, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious, unsatisfactory, untoward, wretched
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