陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

antithesis/ cohere/ commensurate/ compatible/ counterpart/ incompatible/ incongruous/ inverse/ symmetry

1. 「相容的」叫compatible，相反詞「不相容的」叫incompatible：

•Do you think that religion is compatible with science?

•They aren't really compatible blood groups.

•Health and hard work are often compatible.

•His plan was incompatible with my intentions.

•The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were incompatible.

2. 「同等的」、「對等的」、「相稱的」叫commensurate：

•Your reward will be commensurate with your effort.

•He was given a job commensurate with his abilities.

3. 想法等「一致」、「一貫」可用cohere：

•Do his religious and political beliefs cohere?

4. 「不協調的」、「不對稱的」、「不一致的」可用incongruous，「對稱」叫symmetry：

•That modern building looks incongruous in that old-fashioned village.

•No one believed in his incongruous story.

•All visitors marveled at the superb symmetry of the design.

5. 位置、方向、次序、結果等「倒轉的」、「相反的」叫inverse，「相反的情況或事物」、「對比」可用antithesis：

•There is an inverse ratio between the strength of light and distance.

•The writer's latest novel is trite and prosaic--the very antithesis of his earlier works.

•His selfish attitude seemed to me the antithesis of patriotism.

•The antithesis of death is life.

6. 「相對應的人或物」叫counterpart：

•The British queen is the counterpart of the German president: they are both nonpolitical heads of state.

•Tokyo is the counterpart of London because they are respectively capitals of Japan and UK.