1520s, from Late Latin antithesis, from Greek antithesis "opposition, resistance," literally "a placing against," also a term in logic and rhetoric, noun of action from antitithenai "to set against, oppose," a term in logic, from anti- "against" (see anti-) + tithenai "to put, place" (see theme).
雙語例句
1. Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
愛是自私的對立面。
來自《權威詞典》
2. The company represented the antithesis of everything he admired.
那家公司與他所崇尚的一切完全相反.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Smallness is the antithesis of largeness.
小是大的對立面.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. This insecurity is infuriating and the antithesis of considerate human behavior.
這種不安全感簡直令人生氣,它完全違背了人類的體貼.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
5. His creation was an antithesis to academic dogmatism of the time.