/,ɪn'vɜ:s; ɪn`vɝs/
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）.

/'ɪnvɜ:s; `ɪnvɝs/
n the inverse [sing]
1 (esp mathematics 尤用于数学) 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.

In linear algebra, a constrained generalized inverse inverse is obtained by solving a system of linear equations with an additional constraint that the solution is in a given subspace. One also says that the problem is described by a system of constrained linear equations.