柯林斯詞典dichotomy /da??k?t?m?/ (dichotomies) 1. N-COUNT If there is a dichotomy between two things, there is a very great difference or opposition between them. 天壤之別[正式] [usu sing, oft N 'between' pl-n] There is a dichotomy between the academic world and the industrial world. 學術(shù)界和工業(yè)界間有天壤之別。 返回 dichotomy劍橋詞典a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things 一分為二，對立 There is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do. 政治家的言行之間常有天壤之別。 返回 dichotomy