Antithesis

(noun.) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance.

(noun.) exact opposite; 'his theory is the antithesis of mine'.

校对:威拉德

• What do you think of that for a fine bit of antithesis? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In that antithesis lies the essential historical importance of Napoleon. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Probably there is no antithesis more often set up in moral discussion than that between acting from principle and from interest. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It was not, of course, by way of theatrical antithesis that Edison appeared in Paris at such a time. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The antithesis of empiricism and rationalism loses the support of the human situation which once gave it meaning and relative justification. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Another antithesis is suggested by the two senses of the word learning. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The latter assumes continuity; the former state or imply certain basic divisions, separations, or antitheses, technically called dualisms. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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