英语专业词汇学Antonyms(6)

6.4 Antonymy

Complementaries(绝对反义词/互补反义词)binary antonyms, contradictories, either/or contrast Represent a type of binary semantic opposition dead-alive, present-absent, male-female, true-false, single---married

Features:

1. absolute contrast; mutually exclusive

The denial of one means the acceptation/assertion of the other or vice versa.

2. nongradable No comparative degree, not modified by adverbs 3. no intermediate terms

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