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Antithesis Complete Opposite Strong Contrast Thesis Idea N Count

英语单词 antithesis
英美音标 英 [æn'tɪθəsɪs] 美 [æn'tɪθəsɪs]
中文释义 n.对照;正相反;对比法
英语例句 (1) Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
(2) The antithesis of death is life.
(3) The style of his speech was in complete antithesis to mine.
中文例句 (1) 奴役与自由是对立的。
(2) 与死相对的是生。
(3) 他和我的讲话方式完全相反。
vocabulary简明 An antithesis is the complete opposite of something. Though the counterculture was strong in America in 1968, voters elected Richard Nixon, the antithesis of a hippie.
vocabulary扩展 The noun antithesis comes from a Greek root meaning "opposition" and "set against." It's often used today when describing two ideas or terms that are placed in strong contrast to each other. We might come across antithesis in school if we learn about the "Hegelian dialectic." There, the thesis, or main idea put forward in an argument, is countered with its opposite idea — the antithesis — and the two are finally reconciled in a third proposition, the synthesis. An antithesis wouldn't exist without a thesis because it works as a comparison.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]对立面;形成对立(或对照)的事物 The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
  [usu the N of n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • The little black dress is the anithesis of fussy dressing.

    与花哨的打扮形成鲜明对比的是这件小黑裙子。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](二者间的)对比,对照 If there is an antithesis between two things, there is a contrast between them.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...the antithesis between instinct and reason.

    本能和理智的对立

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