antithesis
英 [?n't?θ?s?s]
美[?n't?θ?s?s]
- n. 對立面；對照；對仗
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?antitheses;形容詞:?antithetical;
中文詞源
antithesis 對立
前綴anti-, 相對，相反。詞根thes, 放置，同metathesis, 調換，詞源同單詞do, 放置，做。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
- 愛是自私的對立面。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The company represented the antithesis of everything he admired.
- 那家公司與他所崇尚的一切完全相反.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Smallness is the antithesis of largeness.
- 小是大的對立面.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. This insecurity is infuriating and the antithesis of considerate human behavior.
- 這種不安全感簡直令人生氣,它完全違背了人類的體貼.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
- 5. His creation was an antithesis to academic dogmatism of the time.
- 他的創作與當時學院派的教條相對立.
來自辭典例句