SEPARATEthe difference between two things or ideas that are completely opposite 对立,截然相反
dichotomy between
a dichotomy between his public and private lives
他公众生活和私生活的两面性
Examples from the Corpus
dichotomy• Is there really a dichotomy of interests between the two?• And what of the masculine/femininedichotomy?• It continues the genderdichotomy of men as mind, women as body.• Maybe wrestling with the love / hate, personal / political dichotomy is why he killed himself.• In the Arts Council's rhetoric of liberalsynthesis, dichotomies are for ever being overcome by acts of sheer good will.• This dichotomy is not really physically consistent.• Two dichotomies are helpful in examining this area of discourse.
dichotomy between• The artist is concerned with the dichotomy between the way something appears and reality.
Origindichotomy
(1500-1600)Greekdichotomia, from dichotomos“cut in two”