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an·tith·e·sis /ænˈtɪθɪsɪs/([复] -ses /-siːz/)
n.
1. 【语】对偶(通常使用两个平行的词、短语、分句或句子，如：“action, not words”,“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”)
2. 对偶结构的后项，对语中的后半部
3. 对照，对立(of, between)
the antithesis of theory and fact 理论和事实的对照
The invasion was all the more remarkable in antithesis with the peaceful statement made a few days previous to the attack. 与进攻发起前数日发表的和平声明相对照，入侵格外令人瞠目。
the antithesis between mental and physical labour 脑力劳动和体力劳动的对立
4. 对立面；被对照(或对立)的事物，形成对照(或对立)的事物(of, to)
Smallness is the antithesis of largeness. 小是大的对立面。
advocate “social development” as direct antithesis to one's predecessor's economy-first policy 鼓吹“社会发展”以与前任经济第一的政策针锋相对
5. 【哲】反题(德国哲学家黑格尔使用的三段式中的第二阶段)
[L < Gr < antithenai < anti- against + tithenai to place] |