dichotomy
noun[Cusually singular]
formaluk/daɪˈkɒt.ə.mi/us/daɪˈkɑː.t̬ə.mi/adifferencebetween twocompletelyoppositeideasor things:
一分为二,对立There is often a dichotomybetweenwhatpoliticianssay and what they do.政治家的言行之间常有天壤之别。
Compare
dualityformal
Opposites
- antinome
- antithesis
- antithetical
- antonymous
- anything
- counterpose
- countervailing
- dichotomous
- exactly
- flip side
- go into reverseidiom
- inverse
- inversely
- otherwise
- polar
- polarity
- pole
- poles apartidiom
- reverse
- vice versa