antithesis
单词辨析：
指进行比较的人、观点、情况、事物等的不同之处，也指对人或事物之间进行的对比。
There is an obvious contrast between the cultural practices of the East and the West.
东西方文化习俗之间存在着明显的差异。
She seems slimmer by contrast with her sister.
与她姐姐相比，她似乎更苗条些。
指与某事物完全相反的事物，常后接介词 of；也指两事物之间的对比，常后接介词 between。
The antithesis of selfishness is love.
自私的对立面是爱。
His writing style is in complete antithesis to mine.
他的写作风格与我的完全相反。
The antithesis between night and day is clear.
白昼和黑夜之间对比明显。
较正式用词，除指事物的本质差别外，还指在细节方面的差别，须仔细观察、研究后方能察觉，常后接介词 between。
There is a fine distinction between the two pictures.
这两张图片之间有细微差别。
The Act makes no distinction between men and women.
该法令对待男女并无区别。
相关例句：
If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness.
如果你去寻找它，你不会找到，因为寻找是快乐的对立。
The powerful impulse for co-operation is materialism based on rapid economic development: the antithesis of Tagore's invocation.
快速的经济发展使得合作的强烈动力变为现实，这恰恰与泰戈尔所乞求的背道而驰。
A cage or cluster is in a certain sense the antithesis of a complex.
笼状和簇状结构在某种意义上是结合物的对立面。
Here is a country that was conceived as the antithesis of the patrimonial societies of old Europe.
该国被视为旧欧洲世袭制社会的对立面。
In many ways, Linx is the antithesis of online dating services like match.
Linx在很多方面与Match.com和OkCupid.com等在线约会服务业巨头形成了鲜明对比。
David Allen, creator of GTD, has often remarked at how thought is the antithesis of work.
大卫艾伦，GTD创作者，往往如何评论认是对立面的工作。