antipodes
/ænˈtɪpədiːz/plural noun
1the Antipodes
- Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere)（北半球人用语）澳大利亚和新西兰, 澳新。
1.1
- the direct opposite of something与…截然相反的事物：
we are the very antipodes of trade unions.
我们与工会组织是截然对立的。
词源
late Middle English: via French or late Latin from Greek antipodes 'having the feet opposite'， from anti 'against， opposite' + pous, pod- 'foot'. The term originally denoted the inhabitants of opposite sides of the earth.