You use against to indicate an action intended to stop something from happening.
The vote for the suspension of the party was 283 in favour with 29 against.
就暂时取缔该党而进行的投票结果是283票支持,29票反对。
You use against to indicate a probability that something will not happen.
What were the odds against?
赔率是多少?
have something against someone
If you have something against someone or something, you dislike them.
Have you got something against women, Les?
你对女性有什么不满吗,莱斯?
If one thing is leaning or pressing against another, it is touching it.
She leaned against him.
她靠在他身上。
On a table pushed against a wall there were bottles of beer and wine.
在靠着墙的一张桌子上有数瓶啤酒和葡萄酒。
If you are against something such as a plan, policy, or system, you think it is wrong, bad, or stupid.
Taxes are unpopular – it is understandable that voters are against them.
税收是不受欢迎的–选民们反对是可以理解的。
Joan was very much against commencing drug treatment.
琼极力反对开始药物治疗。
If you compete against someone in a game, you try to beat them.
This is the first of two games against Denver in the next five days.
这是接下来的5天里两场与丹佛对阵的比赛中的第一场。
If you take action against someone or something, you try to harm them.
Security forces are still using violence against opponents of the government.
保安部队还在使用武力对付反政府者。
If you take action against a possible future event, you try to prevent it.
Experts have been discussing how to improve the fight against crime.
专家们一直在讨论如何加强打击犯罪的斗争。
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.
He discharged himself from the hospital against the advice of doctors.
他违背医生们的建议自行出院了。
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.
Any business needs insurance against ordinary risks such as fire, flood, and breakages.
任何企业都需要保险来防备诸如火灾、洪灾和破损等常见风险。
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.
It is against the law to detain you against your will for any length of time.
无论强制扣押多长时间都是违法的。
If you are moving against a current, tide, or wind, you are moving in the opposite direction to it.
swimming upstream against the current.
逆流向上游。
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.
The profits rise was achieved against a backdrop of falling metal prices.
利润的增长是在金属价格下降的背景下取得的。
If something is measured or valued against something else, it is measured or valued by comparing it with the other thing.
Our policies have to be judged against a clear test: will it improve the standard of education?
对我们的政策作出评判必须依据一条明确的准则:即它是否会提高教育水准?
The odds against something happening are the chances or odds that it will not happen.
The odds against him surviving are incredible.
他生还的可能性太小。