Japan ranged herself against the European nations.

日本与欧洲国家形成对立。

Black is the opposite of white.

黑白对立。

Smallness is the antithesis of largeness.

大对立。

This would seem to place him in irreconcilable opposition to the paying playgoer, from whose point of view the longer the play, the more entertainment he gets for his money.

这让他置于于付费看官对立，他们观点来看演出话，演出时间越长则越合算。