单词	antipathy
释义	antipathyan‧tip‧a‧thy /ænˈtɪpəθi/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINantipathy Origin: 1500-1600 Latin antipathia, from Greek, from antipathes ‘of opposite feelings’, from anti- ( ➔ ANTI-) + pathos ‘experience’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS In part, the present high level of antipathy toward foreign travel is easy to explain. Mythologies all over the world describe the intimate connection, often antipathy, between birds and snakes. Some are longtime adversaries from his home state of Arkansas, whose antipathy is as much personal as political. The grin vanished like magic, her whole body stiffening in antipathy as her eyes locked with fathomless brown ones. The interviews also revealed strong antipathy toward Congress. The judicial antipathy to relaxing the rule has been far from uniform. There's always been a great deal of antipathy between Cheka and Securitate, but the Securitate has to kow-tow. There were only a very few complaints about unfair treatment from staff, but many about antipathy from male students. Thesaurus THESAURUS► opposition noun [uncountable] strong disagreement with or protest against something: · Opposition to the proposed scheme was widespread.· The plan met with stiff opposition (=strong opposition). ► objection noun [countable] a reason you give for opposing an idea or plan: · My main objection is that it will cost too much money.· A number of objections were raised. ► antagonism noun [uncountable] a strong feeling of opposition to something, or dislike for someone, which is shown in your behaviour, and has often existed for a long time: · his own antagonism to any form of authority· There is no antagonism towards tourists on the island.· people’s antagonism to communism ► hostility noun [uncountable] angry remarks or behaviour that show someone opposes something very strongly, or dislikes someone very much: · The announcement was greeted with hostility from some employees.· There is a certain amount of hostility towards the police among local people. ► antipathy noun [uncountable] formal a strong feeling of opposition and dislike for someone or something: · his fundamental antipathy to capitalism· Her long-standing antipathy to Herr Kohl was well-known.· Darwin shared Lyell's antipathy to the idea that the same species could appear independently in different areas. formal a feeling of strong dislike towards someone or something SYN  hostilityantipathy to/towards a growing antipathy towards the governmentantipathy between There’s always been a certain amount of antipathy between the two doctors.
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