Antithesis



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 对立;相对
• ［英］ n. 对立;相对 ( a contrast or opposition)
• ［记］ anti+thes=set ( 放置) +is -> 反着放 -> 对立
• ［同］ 派生词: antithetic ( adj. 对立的) 同根词: thesis ( 论文) ; hypothesis ( 假设)
• ［例］ What he said is the antithesis of the truth.

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural antitheses)

• Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, literally, opposition, from antitithenai to oppose, from anti- + tithenai to set — more at do
• Date: 1529
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in “action, not words” or “they promised freedom and provided slavery”)
    • (2) opposition, contrast the antithesis of prose and verse
  • b.
    • (1) the second of two opposing constituents of an antithesis
    • (2) the direct opposite her temperament is the very antithesis of mine
• 2. the second stage of a dialectic process

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