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
- The act of becoming betrothed or engaged. There is no antithesis between endogamy and exogamy;
变成已经订婚或正订婚的行为。内婚制和外婚制根本不构成对立； - Writing parallel prose needs a lot of technique; for example, you must pay attention to antithesis.
骈文的写作需要很多技巧，比如一定要讲究对偶。 - 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。 - This would be a sort of antithesis of the radical empiricist position, which sees the human simply responding with senses to the world that's out there.
这将是一个经验主义的激进立场，简单地说，看到了人类对世界的感官反应出有某种对立。 - The powerful impulse for co-operation is materialism based on rapid economic development: the antithesis of Tagore's invocation.
快速的经济发展使得合作的强烈动力变为现实，这恰恰与泰戈尔所乞求的背道而驰。 - Gossip is the very antithesis of intensity and earnestness.
流言是强度和诚挚的对立面。 - If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness.
如果你去寻找它，你不会找到，因为寻找是快乐的对立。 - Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
奴役与自由是对立的。 - '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。 - It is the complete antithesis to much of who I see myself as.
这和我认为的自己真好是完全对立的。