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antithesis

noun
🔊/ænˈtɪθəsɪs/
🔊/ænˈtɪθəsɪs/
 [usually singular]
(plural antitheses
🔊/ænˈtɪθəsiːz/
🔊/ænˈtɪθəsiːz/
)
(formal)
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  1. the opposite of something对立（面）；对照
    • 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 岁停止学业的学生恰恰无法满足社会的需要。🔊🔊
    • The current establishment is the antithesis of democracy.当前的建立是民主的对立面。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • exact
    • …
    verb + antithesis
    • be
    • represent
    preposition
    • antithesis between
    • antithesis of
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  2. a contrast between two things（二者间的）对比，对照
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • the sharp antithesis between their views他们观点的尖锐对立
    Topics Languagec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • exact
    • …
    verb + antithesis
    • be
    • represent
    preposition
    • antithesis between
    • antithesis of
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting the substitution of one grammatical case for another): from late Latin, from Greek antitithenai ‘set against’, from anti ‘against’ + tithenai ‘to place’. The earliest current sense, denoting a rhetorical or literary device, dates from the early 16th cent.