dichotomy的意思

dichotomy

英式音标[daɪ'kɑtəmi]
美式英标[daɪ'kɒtəmɪ; dɪ-]

基本解释

n. 二分法；两分；分裂；双歧分枝

中文词源

dichotomy 二分法，截然对立

dicho-, 二，来自di-的希腊语形式。-tomy, 砍，切，词源同atom, anatomy. 即切成两半的。

英文词源

dichotomy (n.): c. 1600, from Greek dichotomia "a cutting in half," from dicha "in two, asunder" (related to dis "twice") + temnein "to cut" (see tome).

实用例句

1. There is a dichotomy between the academic world and the industrial world.: 学术界与工业界有着天壤之别。

2. Such a dichotomy cannot simply be attributed to coincidence.: 这样一种分歧不能简单归之于巧合.

3. If this dichotomy is maintained what happens to the rate of interest?: 如果保持这种二分法,利率会怎样呢 ?

4. A basic dichotomy in epidemiology is whether a pathogen is residual or continental.: 流行学中一个基本的区分是,病是残留的还是大区的.

5. Can the Zeta's explain the hemisperical crustal dichotomy of the planet Mars?: 齐塔人能否解释下火星半球地壳两分的(原理) 吗 ?

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