against

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against作“反對”解時反義詞是for。
against用在fight，strive，struggle等詞後麪，同with意思相同，不過against更強調(diào)一種睏難中的反抗。We fight for the weak against the strong.
作爲介詞，against後接的賓語有時可省略。He had intended to come but somehow decided against(it).

If one thing is leaning or pressing against another, it is touching it.
If you are against something such as a plan, policy, or system, you think it is wrong, bad, or stupid.
Against is also an adverb.
If you compete against someone in a game, you try to beat them.
If you take action against someone or something, you try to harm them.
If you take action against a possible future event, you try to prevent it.
If you do something against someone's wishes, advice, or orders, you do not do what they want you to do or tell you to do.
If you do something in order to protect yourself against something unpleasant or harmful, you do something that will make its effects on you less serious if it happens.
If something is against the law or against the rules, there is a law or a rule which says that you must not do it.
If you are moving against a current, tide, or wind, you are moving in the opposite direction to it.
If something happens or is considered against a particular background of events, it is considered in relation to those events, because those events are relevant to it.
If something is measured or valued against something else, it is measured or valued by comparing it with the other thing.
The odds against something happening are the chances or odds that it will not happen.
Against is also an adverb.
If you have something against someone or something, you dislike them.
up against&rarrsee up
against the clock&rarrsee clock