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).
双语例句
1. Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
爱是自私的对立面。
来自《权威词典》
2. The company represented the antithesis of everything he admired.
那家公司与他所崇尚的一切完全相反.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Smallness is the antithesis of largeness.
小是大的对立面.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. This insecurity is infuriating and the antithesis of considerate human behavior.
这种不安全感简直令人生气,它完全违背了人类的体贴.
来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
5. His creation was an antithesis to academic dogmatism of the time.