antithesis

名词 antithesis:

1. exact opposite
2. the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance

1. An opposite position; antithesis.
   对置相对的位置; 对照
2. Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
   奴役与自由是对立的。
3. The style of his speech was in complete antithesis to mine.
   他和我的讲话方式完全相反。
4. `Give me liberty, or give me death' is an example of antithesis.
   ‘不自由，毋宁死’是对语的一个例子。

an.tith.e.sis

n.（名词）
【复数】 an.tith.e.ses[-sôz.]
Direct contrast; opposition.
直接对比；对立
The direct or exact opposite:
直接对照，强烈对照：
例句：
Hope is the antithesis of despair.
希望是绝望的对立面

A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in
对偶：一种将强烈对立的想法并列于稳定、对等的短语或语法结构中的修辞方法，如在：
例句：
.Hee for God only, shee for God in him.(John Milton)
.他只为上帝，她则为他心中的上帝.(约翰·米尔顿)

The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition.
第二项，后项：对偶结构中对比的第二部
The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis.
反题：黑格尔辩证过程中的第二阶段，体现主题的相反面

来源：
Late Latin
后期拉丁语
from Greek
源自 希腊语
from antitithenai [to oppose]
源自 antitithenai [反对，抗拒]
anti- [anti-]
anti- [前缀，表示.反.，.抗.]
tithenai the- [to set] * see dhô-
tithenai the- [设置，放置] *参见 dhô-