antithesis
英 [æn'tɪθəsɪs]
美 [æn'tɪθəsɪs]
GRE
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。
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Smallness is the antithesis of largeness.
- 小是大的对立面.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 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.
来自辞典例句
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