antithesis
noun /ænˈtɪθəsɪs/
/ænˈtɪθəsɪs/
[usually singular] (plural antitheses
(formal) /ænˈtɪθəsiːz/
/ænˈtɪθəsiːz/
)- 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.
目前的当权派是民主的对立面。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
- exact
- …
- be
- represent
- antithesis between
- antithesis of
- Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
- 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
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
- exact
- …
- be
- represent
- antithesis between
- antithesis of
- There is an antithesis between the needs of the state and the needs of the people.
词源late 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.