antithesis
英 [ænˈtɪθəsɪs]
美 [ænˈtɪθəsɪs]
n. 对立(面); 对照; (二者间的)对比
复数：antitheses
BNC.15369 / COCA.15063
同义词辨析
contrastantithesisdistinction【导航词义：差异】
contrastn. 差别，对比
〔辨析〕
指进行比较的人、观点、情况、事物等的不同之处，也指对人或事物之间进行的对比。
〔例证〕
There is an obvious contrast between the cultural practices of the East and the West.
东西方文化习俗之间存在着明显的差异。
She seems slimmer by contrast with her sister.
与她姐姐相比，她似乎更苗条些。
东西方文化习俗之间存在着明显的差异。
She seems slimmer by contrast with her sister.
与她姐姐相比，她似乎更苗条些。
antithesisn. 〈正式〉对立面，对比
〔辨析〕
指与某事物完全相反的事物，常后接介词 of；也指两事物之间的对比，常后接介词 between。
〔例证〕
The antithesis of selfishness is love.
自私的对立面是爱。
His writing style is in complete antithesis to mine.
他的写作风格与我的完全相反。
The antithesis between night and day is clear.
白昼和黑夜之间对比明显。
自私的对立面是爱。
His writing style is in complete antithesis to mine.
他的写作风格与我的完全相反。
The antithesis between night and day is clear.
白昼和黑夜之间对比明显。
distinctionn. 对比，区分
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，除指事物的本质差别外，还指在细节方面的差别，须仔细观察、研究后方能察觉，常后接介词 between。
〔例证〕
There is a fine distinction between the two pictures.
这两张图片之间有细微差别。
The Act makes no distinction between men and women.
该法令对待男女并无区别。
这两张图片之间有细微差别。
The Act makes no distinction between men and women.
该法令对待男女并无区别。
牛津词典
noun
- 对立（面）；对照
the opposite of sth- Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
爱是自私的对立面。 - Students finishing their education at 16 is the very antithesis of what society needs.
16岁停止学业的学生并非社会所需要。
- Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
- （二者间的）对比，对照
a contrast between two things- There is an antithesis between the needs of the state and the needs of the people.
政府的需要和人民的需要这二者存在着对立。
- There is an antithesis between the needs of the state and the needs of the people.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 对立面；形成对立（或对照）的事物
The antithesis ofsomething is its exact opposite.- 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。
- The little black dress is the anithesis of fussy dressing.
- N-COUNT （二者间的）对比，对照
If there is anantithesis betweentwo things, there is a contrast between them.- ...the antithesis between instinct and reason.
本能和理智的对立
- ...the antithesis between instinct and reason.
英英释义
noun
- the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
- exact opposite
- his theory is the antithesis of mine
双语例句
- Here is a country that was conceived as the antithesis of the patrimonial societies of old Europe.
该国被视为旧欧洲世袭制社会的对立面。 - Antithesis is a traditional and characteristic rhetoric figure of Chinese language.
对偶是汉语传统的特有的修辞手法。 - Charles Darwin explained the shoulder shrug by the principle of unconscious antithesis.
查尔斯·达尔文用无意识对立原则来解释耸肩这个动作。 - Keeping control is the antithesis of effective delegation.
保持控制是有效率授权的对立面。 - 'Give me liberty, or give me death' is an example of antithesis.
‘不自由，毋宁死’是对语的一个例子。 - This mode of argument can only stir up its antithesis, which is the rise of Taiwanese nationalism.
这种论述方式只会激发其对立面，即台湾民族主义的兴起。 - In the limited world and unlimited symbol of this conflict, the human society from the natural to become the antithesis of natural.
在有限的世界和无限的符号这对矛盾中，人类社会脱离了自然而成为自然的对立面。 - True love is the antithesis of freedom.
真正的爱情正好和自由是相反的。 - A cage or cluster is in a certain sense the antithesis of a complex.
笼状和簇状结构在某种意义上是结合物的对立面。 - Love is the antithesis of selfisness.
爱是自私的对立面。