The opposition

Definition

opposition /ɒpǝ'zÇʃn / n ၁။ [U] ~ (to sb/sth) ဆန္႔က်င္ျခင္း။ အတိုက္အခံျပဳျခင္း။ ခုခံျခင္း။ Delegates expressed strong opposition to the scheme. ❍ The army came up against/met (with) fierce opposition in every town. ၂။ the opposition [Gp] ယွဥ္ၿပိဳင္ဘက္။ ၿပိဳင္ဘက္။ ယွဥ္ဘက္။ The opposition is/are mounting a strong challenge to our business. ၃။ the Opposition [Gp] ( politics esp Brit ) အတိုက္အခံပါတီ။ the leader of the Opposition ❍ Opposition MPs ❍ We need an effective Opposition. ၄။ [U,C] ( fml ) ျခားနားခ်က္။ ဝိေရာဓိ။ the opposition between the sacred and the profane. ❏ in opposition (to sb/sth) [ IDM ] ၁။ ဆန္႔က်င္လ်က္။ သေဘာထားကြဲလြဲလ်က္။ We found ourselves in opposition to several colleagues on this issue. ၂။ အတိုက္အခံ ပါတီအျဖစ္။ The Conservative Party was in opposition for the first time in years. ❏ oppositional /-ʃǝnl / adj ( fml ) အတိုက္အခံ။ oppositional tactics.

Examples

1. [opposition to] : Public opposition to the military government is growing.
2. [in opposition to something] : Local residents have come out in opposition to the planned closure.
3. [strong/considerable/fierce etc opposition] : The bill faces strong opposition from the fox-hunting lobby.
4. The opposition scored a goal in the last seconds of the game.
5. The opposition’s tax plans
6. The three main opposition parties united to boycott the election.
7. [opposition between] : The opposition between practical and poetic language