•She spoke against the decision to close the college.她声言反对关闭学院的决定。

•Fifty people voted against the new proposal.50人投票反对这项新提案。

•I'm very much against the idea that it is the woman's job to bring up the child.对于抚养孩子是女人的职责这个想法，我坚决反对。

•Germany are playing against Brazil in the cup final tonight.德国队在今晚的决赛中对阵巴西队。

•She's always rebelled against authority.她总是和权威对抗。

•She sold the house even though it was against his wishes.她卖掉了房子，尽管这违背了他的意愿。

•They called a demonstration to protest against proposed job cuts.他们召集了示威游行来抗议削减工作机会的提议。

•Are you for or against my proposal?你赞成还是反对我的提议？

•Sanctions against the country should be lifted.应该取消对这个国家的制裁。

•Stricter controls will help in the fight against inflation.更加严厉的调控措施将有助于抑制通货膨胀。

•Criminal charges will be brought against the driver.将对司机提出刑事诉讼。

•They decided not to take legal action against him.他们决定不起诉他。

•They were up against a powerful pressure group.他们面临一个强大的压力集团。

•We came up against a lot of problems in the course of building our extension.我们在扩建过程中遇到好多问题。

•The chances/odds against you winning such a competition are enormous.你赢得这样一场比赛的可能性极小。

•It's against the law (= illegal) to leave children under a certain age alone in the house.将某个年龄以下的孩子单独留在家里是违法的。

•It's against my beliefs/principles to be nice to someone I dislike just because they're in a senior position.对于我厌恶的人，我不会仅仅因为他的职位比我高就对其和颜悦色，这有违我的处世原则。

•Against all probability (= although it was extremely unlikely) we found ourselves in the same hotel.不可思议的是，我们发现自己竟然住进了同一家旅馆。

•I wouldn't dare say anything against him (= criticize him) to his mother!我不敢对他妈妈说他的坏话！

•I've nothing against him - I just don't have much in common with him.我一点都不讨厌他，只是和他没有太多相似之处。

•Lack of experience will generally count against you in an interview.一般而言，缺乏工作经验会成为面试的不利因素。

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•Why don't we put the bed against the wall?为甚么不把床紧靠墙放呢？

•He loved the feel of her soft hair against his skin.他喜欢她那柔顺的秀发贴着他的肌肤的感觉。

•The rain beat against her face as she struggled through the wind.她在风雨中艰难前进，雨水打在她的脸上。

•The police officer had him up against the wall, both arms behind his back.员警把他双手别在身后按到墙上。

•She leant against the door.她倚着门。

•Paintings look best against a simple white wall.画挂在没有任何装饰的白墙上看上去效果最好。

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•The last part of the course was hard because I was running against the wind.最后一段赛程很艰难，因为我是逆风跑。

•Commuting is not so bad when you are travelling against the traffic.如果你是逆着主车流而行，乘车上下班倒也不错。

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•We've insured the car against fire, theft and accident.我们替车买了火险、盗窃保险和交通意外保险。

•The police have to arm themselves against attack.警方必须配备武器以防受到袭击。

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•Against my better judgment, I gave him the job.我违心地给了他这份工作。

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•It was a real race against time to get all the costumes sewn for the play.赶制演出的戏服真是如同与时间赛跑一样。

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•He earns $80 000 a year, as against my $40 000.他年薪八万美元，而我的年薪是四万美元。

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•With seven members of the team missing, Hull are going to be up against it.缺了七名队员，赫尔城队形势严峻。

•Many families are up against it, unable to afford even basic items.很多家庭陷入困境，连基本生活用品都买不起。

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