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antipodal

/an-tip-uh-dl/US // ænˈtɪp ə dl //UK // (ænˈtɪpədəl) //

反方向,反方向性,反义词,反方向的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Geography. on the opposite side of the globe; pertaining to the antipodes.
    • : diametrically opposite: twin brothers with antipodal personalities.
    • : Botany. of or at the end opposite to the micropyle: antipodal nuclei.

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Examples

  • Even his most antipodal fellow councilman cried and embraced him afterward.

  • In contradiction to, in wholly antipodal distinction from, Henry James, de Gourmont was an artist of the nude.

  • Mr. Morgan, the millionaire banker, attends church conventions as an antipodal diversion.

  • And the same trait that was apparent sociologically has been exposed in this our antipodal phase of psychical research.

  • In its broadest statement, the psychology of tipping presents the two antipodal qualities of pride and pusillanimity.

  • "The two governors are very different men—wholly antipodal characters, in fact," and again Habersham smiled to himself.