antithesis的词源

英文词源

antithesis (n.)

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).

中文词源

antithesis：对立

发音释义：[æn'tɪθəsɪs] n. 对立面；对照；对仗

结构分析：antithesis =anti（对抗）+ thesis（放置）→对着放置→对立

词源解析：thesis←希腊语tithenai（放置）

同源词：thesis（论文），theme（主题）

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antithesis：对立

前缀anti-, 相对，相反。词根thes, 放置，同metathesis, 调换，词源同单词do, 放置，做。