antithesis
英[?n't?θ?s?s]
美[?n't?θ?s?s]
- n. 對(duì)立面；對(duì)照；對(duì)仗
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?antitheses;形容詞:?antithetical;
中文詞源
antithesis 對(duì)立
前綴anti-, 相對(duì)，相反。詞根thes, 放置，同metathesis, 調(diào)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(yǔ)例句
- 1. Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
- 愛(ài)是自私的對(duì)立面。
來(lái)自《權(quán)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(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Smallness is the antithesis of largeness.
- 小是大的對(duì)立面.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(jiǎn)直令人生氣,它完全違背了人類的體貼.
來(lái)自About Face 3交互設(shè)計(jì)精髓
- 5. His creation was an antithesis to academic dogmatism of the time.
- 他的創(chuàng)作與當(dāng)時(shí)學(xué)院派的教條相對(duì)立.
來(lái)自辭典例句