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[adversative 词源字典] - "(Of a word or phrase) expressing opposition or antithesis", Late Middle English: from French adversatif, -ive or late Latin adversativus, from Latin adversari 'oppose', from adversus (see adverse).[adversative etymology, adversative origin, 英语词源]