| 词汇 | antithesis |
| 释义 | antithesis noun[ C ] uk /ænˈtɪθ.ə.sɪs/ us /ænˈtɪθ.ə.sɪs/pluralantithesesuk /ænˈtɪθ.ə.siːz/ us /ænˈtɪθ.ə.siːz/ the exact opposite: 正相反 She is slim and shy - the very antithesis of her sister.她身材苗条，性格腼腆，正好和她姐姐相反。 He is the exact antithesis of what I find attractive in men.我认为男性应有的魅力他一点都没有。 a difference or opposition between two things: 对立；对照 Thanks to the collapse of communism the political antithesis between Left and Right is less important.由于共产主义的失败，左翼和右翼的对立显得不那么重要了。 Opposites antinome antithetical antonymous anything anything butidiom diametric diametrical dichotomist dichotomous dichotomy exactly extreme flip side or otherwiseidiom otherwise polarity pole poles apartidiom reverse vice versa You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Comparing and contrasting Related wordantithetical antithesis | American Dictionaryantithesis noun[ C/U ] us/ænˈtɪθ·ə·sɪs/pluralantithesesus/ænˈtɪθ·əˌsiz/ the exact opposite, or opposition: [ C ]The relaxed company management is the antithesis of a formal bureaucracy. literature In formal argument, the antithesis is the opposite of the thesis (= the main idea). Examples of antithesisantithesis In the world today we face two great economic antitheses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Economic development and the protection of the environment are not antitheses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, how are all these curious antitheses to be explained? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too often it is conducted in terms of unbridgeable opposites, false antitheses and exaggerated choices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they not antitheses of each other? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Coercive political action often appears the ultimate antithesis of the politics of liberalism. There is an important sense in which they provide interpretive categories through which religious feelings (at the level of the antithesis) are understood. The higher consciousness can only exist insofar as it is related to the antithesis of the sensible self-consciousness between self and world. In the second grade of consciousness there is self-consciousness, and hence a grasp of the antithesis between the self and the world. The zar becomes the antithesis of a - desired - and male-controlled - modernity. Internally, the environment is the antithesis of tradition, bathed in the northern light. Again, there is no fixed antithesis between the human and the spirit worlds. He used the most extravagant metaphors, the most forced antitheses and the most far-fetched conceits. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Historians have seen in his occult activities a penchant for forging unities from antitheses, thus having latent political import. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In order to discredit modern architecture, he needed to ratify its antithesis. See all examples of antithesis 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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