1630s, "completely" (opposed, contrary, etc.); see diametric. Mostly in figurative use; the two points that mark the ends of a line of diameter across a circle are opposite one another.
双语例句
1. The economic crisis was interpreted in diametrically opposing ways.
对于这场经济危机有着截然不同的解释。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They came to conclusions diametrically opposed to ours.
他们得出了与我们完全相反的结论。
来自柯林斯例句
3. We hold diametrically opposed views.
我们的观点大相径庭。
来自《权威词典》
4. The American and Soviet governments drew diametrically opposite conclusions from it.
美苏两国政府从这里得出了截然相反的结论.
来自辞典例句
5. The Spaniard and the Indian are diametrically opposed.
