inverse
adj[usu attrib 通常作定语]
reversed in position, direction or relation (位置、 方向或关系)相反的, 反向的
The number of copies the paper sells seems to be in ,inverse `ratio/pro`portion to the amount of news it contains, ie The more news, the fewer copies it sells. 这种报纸的销售量似乎与刊登的新闻多寡成反比(新闻越多, 销售量越少).
inverse n the inverse [sing]
1 (esp mathematics 尤用於数学) inverted state 反数; 倒数
The inverse of 2 (2/1) is 1/2. 2(即2/1)的倒数是1/2.
2 direct opposite 相反; 颠倒; 反面
This is the inverse of his earlier proposition. 这和他早些时候提的建议截然相反.
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.