| 词汇 | dichotomy |
| 释义 | dichotomy noun[ Cusually singular ] formaluk /daɪˈkɒt.ə.mi/ us /daɪˈkɑː.t̬ə.mi/ a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things: 一分为二，对立 dichotomy betweenThere is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do.政治家的言行之间常有天壤之别。 Compare dualityformal Opposites antinome antithesis antithetical antonymous anything countervailing force diametric diametrical dichotomist dichotomous exactly extreme flip side or otherwiseidiom otherwise polarity pole poles apartidiom reverse vice versa dichotomy | American Dictionarydichotomy noun[ C ] fmlus/dɑɪˈkɑt̬·ə·mi/ the division of two things that are completely different: I try to examine the dichotomy between what people think they are and what they do. Examples of dichotomydichotomy This draws an obvious dichotomy between marine and freshwater systems. Nevertheless, the new planning-control dichotomy he proposes, though a valuable advance, is itself an oversimplification of what must be a multi-channel system. We note that both parts of the dichotomy can be realized. Studies on social dysfunction in schizophrenia using the positive/negative symptom dichotomy have not found specific associations between these domains. This dichotomy entails an exclusive separation between the realms of nature and culture. Unlike the basic set-theoretic concepts, these subgraphs do not reflect the aforementioned dichotomy in a fully symmetric way. Consequently, neither alternative hypothesis is strongly supported, but to some degree this may be related to the very crude dichotomy we use when categorising programmes. This dichotomy is reflected in the immune response of these mice. That doesn't seem like an outrageous thing to say, though large numbers of philosophers seem attached to a sharp dichotomy between cognitive and non-cognitive attitudes. These facts are prima facie problematic for any theory that insists on the positional dichotomy between heads and phrasal constituents. He argues, for example, that "understanding" a text is different from "explaining" a text, and he criticizes historians who fail to recognize this important dichotomy. Accordingly, there is a methodological dichotomy between public law analysis and feminist critiques, which on the face of it, appears to be irresolvable. His book effortlessly and purposefully defies the false dichotomy between a cultural studies approach and a historical one. The dichotomies never form a solid and permanent grid, but are in constant motion, forming new temporary constellations. Note, however, that despite the extremes painted by this type of description, the terms efficacy and effectiveness do not constitute a true dichotomy. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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