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adverse

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不利的,敵對的,相反的,逆的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Adverse \Ad"verse\, a. [OE. advers, OF. avers, advers, fr. L.
   adversus, p. p. advertere to turn to. See {Advert}.]
   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.

   2. Opposite. ``Calpe's adverse height.'' --Byron.

   3. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious;
      contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous;
      afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse
      circumstances, things adverse.

            Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as
            well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune.
                                                  --Southey.

   {Adverse possession} (Law), a possession of real property
      avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another
      person. --Abbott.

   Syn: Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See {Averse}.

Adverse \Ad*verse"\, v. t. [L. adversari: cf. OF. averser.]
   To oppose; to resist. [Obs.] --Gower.

資料來源 : WordNet®

adverse
     adj 1: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
            circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the
            most untoward conditions" [syn: {harmful}, {inauspicious},
             {untoward}]
     2: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary
        wind" [syn: {contrary}]
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