名詞 antithesis:

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

1. An opposite position; antithesis.
   對(duì)置相對(duì)的位置; 對(duì)照
2. Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
   奴役與自由是對(duì)立的。
3. The style of his speech was in complete antithesis to mine.
   他和我的講話方式完全相反。
4. `Give me liberty, or give me death' is an example of antithesis.
   ‘不自由，毋寧死’是對(duì)語的一個(gè)例子。

an.tith.e.sis

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 an.tith.e.ses[-sôz.]
Direct contrast; opposition.
直接對(duì)比；對(duì)立
The direct or exact opposite:
直接對(duì)照，強(qiáng)烈對(duì)照：
例句：
Hope is the antithesis of despair.
希望是絕望的對(duì)立面

A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in
對(duì)偶：一種將強(qiáng)烈對(duì)立的想法并列于穩(wěn)定、對(duì)等的短語或語法結(jié)構(gòu)中的修辭方法，如在：
例句：
.Hee for God only, shee for God in him.(John Milton)
.他只為上帝，她則為他心中的上帝.(約翰·米爾頓)

The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition.
第二項(xiàng)，后項(xiàng)：對(duì)偶結(jié)構(gòu)中對(duì)比的第二部
The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis.
反題：黑格爾辯證過程中的第二階段，體現(xiàn)主題的相反面

來源：
Late Latin
后期拉丁語
from Greek
源自 希臘語
from antitithenai [to oppose]
源自 antitithenai [反對(duì)，抗拒]
anti- [anti-]
anti- [前綴，表示.反.，.抗.]
tithenai the- [to set] * see dhô-
tithenai the- [設(shè)置，放置] *參見 dhô-