antithesis

noun

1. 对立（面）；对照
   the opposite of sth
   1. Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
      爱是自私的对立面。
   2. 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。
2. （二者间的）对比，对照
   a contrast between two things
   1. 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。

1. N-COUNT 对立面；形成对立（或对照）的事物
   The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
   1. 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。
2. N-COUNT （二者间的）对比，对照
   If there is an antithesis between two things, there is a contrast between them.
   1. ...the antithesis between instinct and reason.
      本能和理智的对立

1. In many ways, Linx is the antithesis of online dating services like match.
   Linx在很多方面与Match.com和OkCupid.com等在线约会服务业巨头形成了鲜明对比。
2. 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。
3. Keeping control is the antithesis of effective delegation.
   保持控制是有效率授权的对立面。
4. True love is the antithesis of freedom.
   真正的爱情正好和自由是相反的。
5. Uniformity and variety are opposite design poles, are thesis and antithesis, the creation and destruction of form.
   一致与变化是两个相对的设计极端，是论题与相反论题，是形的「创造」与「破坏」。
6. '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。
7. Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
   奴役与自由是对立的。
8. This was in several aspects the antithesis of Professor Light.
   这在几方面与莱特教授的意见相反。
9. 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。
10. The vampire fascinates us because his very nature is the antithesis of that truth.
    因为他的最自然是那一个事实的对照，所以吸血鬼令人入神我们。
11. Gossip is the very antithesis of intensity and earnestness.
    流言是强度和诚挚的对立面。
12. His theory is the antithesis of mine.
    他的理论与我的理论完全对立。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. In perspective of cognitive linguistics, this paper endeavors to analyze the cognitive values of the opposites in antithesis.
    本文以认知语言学的视角，对对照辞格的对立面的认知意义进行分析。
16. Case studies are the antithesis to this, he says.
    他表示，案例研究与此恰恰相反。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. David Allen, creator of GTD, has often remarked at how thought is the antithesis of work.
    大卫艾伦，GTD创作者，往往如何评论认是对立面的工作。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. The style of his speech was in complete antithesis to mine.
    他和我的讲话方式完全相反。
23. Joy is the antithesis of sorrow.
    欢乐是苦恼的对立面。
24. He's the complete antithesis of the average stockbroker.
    他与一般的股票经纪人完全相反。
25. Firstly, they are only subjective, and the antithesis of an objective permanently clings to them.
    第一，认为思维规定只是主观的，永远有一客观的和它们对立。
26. 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；
27. Love is the antithesis of selfisness.
    爱是自私的对立面。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. 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。

  contrast antithesis distinction【导航词义：差异】

  contrast n. 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。

  antithesis n. 〈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。

  distinction n. 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。

noun

1. the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance

2. exact opposite
   1. his theory is the antithesis of mine