antithesis

英 [ænˈtɪθ.ə.sɪs]      美 [ænˈtɪθ.ə.sɪs]
  • n. 对立面;对照;对仗
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antithesis 对立

前缀anti-, 相对,相反。词根thes, 放置,同metathesis, 调换,词源同单词do, 放置,做。

antithesis (n.)
1520s, from Late Latin antithesis, from Greek antithesis "opposition, resistance," literally "a placing against," also a term in logic and rhetoric, noun of action from antitithenai "to set against, oppose," a term in logic, from anti- "against" (see anti-) + tithenai "to put, place" (see theme).
1. Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
爱是自私的对立面。
2. The company represented the antithesis of everything he admired.
那家公司与他所崇尚的一切完全相反.
3. Smallness is the antithesis of largeness.
小是大的对立面.
4. This insecurity is infuriating and the antithesis of considerate human behavior.
这种不安全感简直令人生气,它完全违背了人类的体贴.
5. His creation was an antithesis to academic dogmatism of the time.
他的创作与当时学院派的教条相对立.

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