dichotomy
dichotomy
[dʌɪˈkɒtəmi, dɪ-]
(pl. -ies)
[usu. in sing.]
dichotomic
[-kəˈtɒmɪk]
adjective
语源
[dʌɪˈkɒtəmi, dɪ-]
(pl. -ies)
[usu. in sing.]
- a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different
（对立或完全不同事物间的）区分；区别；对立
a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism.
科学和神秘主义之间的严格区分。
■[mass noun](Botany)repeated branching into two equal parts
(植)二歧式；二叉分枝式；二歧分枝，二歧
dichotomic
[-kəˈtɒmɪk]
adjective
语源
- late 16th cent.: via modern Latin from Greek dikhotomia, from dikho- 'in two, apart' + -tomia (see -tomy)
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