1. 与...对照,与...对比：因...值得受到稱讚 deserve credit for | 與...對照,與...對比 as opposed to | 外匯分配 foreign exchange allocations
2. 与...相对(或相反),而不是：related to 与...有关 | as opposed to 与...相对(或相反),而不是 | deal with 处理
3. 与...形成对照：opposevt.反对,反抗 | as opposed to 与...形成对照 | oppositea.对面的;相反的,对立的 prep.在...对面
4. 完全不同, 截然相反, 反对, 对照：as noted above 如上面所看到的那样, 上面已经看到 | as opposed to 完全不同, 截然相反, 反对, 对照 | as previously seen 如前面所见到的那样, 前面已经见到