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antithetical adj.对偶的；对立的 (1) 这幅对联是父亲的亲笔。(2) 这座亭子的柱上嵌刻着一副抱柱对儿。(3) 销售和冷漠，尽管表面上是对立的，但实际上并非总是如此。 You’ll find that antithetical is a useful word when you’re trying to express an extreme contrast. If someone is trying to convince you to do something you don’t believe in, or to allow an organization you’re involved with to adopt measures you are strongly against, you can use antithetical. You go out to vote because sitting out of the voting process is antithetical to what you believe in. If you find that your club wants to adopt exclusive measures when it is supposed to be open, you'll tell them that that's antithetical to the club's purpose.

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英 [ˌæntɪ'θetɪkl] 美 [ˌæntɪ'θetɪkl] (1) This antithetical couplet is my father's handwriting.(2) On the pillar of this pavilion, there is an antithetical couplet.(3) Selling and indifference, though seemingly antithetical, aren't always so. Something is antithetical when it is in complete and utter opposition to the character of something. If you’re a vegetarian, eating giant T-bone steaks is antithetical to your beliefs. 1[ADJ 形容词]相反的；对立的；不相容的 Something that is antithetical to something else is the opposite of it and is unable to exist with it.   [usu v-link ADJ to n]  [WRITTEN 笔语]Their priorities are antithetical to those of environmentalists.他们心中的当务之急和环保人士的想法背道而驰。

英语单词	antithetical
英美音标	英 [ˌæntɪ'θetɪkl] 美 [ˌæntɪ'θetɪkl]
中文释义	adj.对偶的；对立的
英语例句	(1) This antithetical couplet is my father's handwriting. (2) On the pillar of this pavilion, there is an antithetical couplet. (3) Selling and indifference, though seemingly antithetical, aren't always so.
中文例句	(1) 这幅对联是父亲的亲笔。 (2) 这座亭子的柱上嵌刻着一副抱柱对儿。 (3) 销售和冷漠，尽管表面上是对立的，但实际上并非总是如此。
vocabulary简明	Something is antithetical when it is in complete and utter opposition to the character of something. If you’re a vegetarian, eating giant T-bone steaks is antithetical to your beliefs.
vocabulary扩展	You’ll find that antithetical is a useful word when you’re trying to express an extreme contrast. If someone is trying to convince you to do something you don’t believe in, or to allow an organization you’re involved with to adopt measures you are strongly against, you can use antithetical. You go out to vote because sitting out of the voting process is antithetical to what you believe in. If you find that your club wants to adopt exclusive measures when it is supposed to be open, you'll tell them that that's antithetical to the club's purpose.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]相反的；对立的；不相容的 Something that is antithetical to something else is the opposite of it and is unable to exist with it. [usu v-link ADJ to n] [WRITTEN 笔语] Their priorities are antithetical to those of environmentalists. 他们心中的当务之急和环保人士的想法背道而驰。

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