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Antipathy is a strong dislike. It is the feeling itself, not the face you make.
Antipathy is a strong dislike antipathy是一種強烈的厭惡 It is the feeling itself它指的是那種感覺本身 not the face you make而不是你臉上做出來的表情
You can have antipathy towards a person, a group, or a kind of thing (“a deep antipathy to modern art”). It is a rather formal, word.
You can have antipathy towards a person, a group, or a kind of thing你可以對一個人、一群人或某一類東西有antipathy ("a deep antipathy to modern art")（像'a deep antipathy to modern art'對現代藝術有很深的反感） It is a rather formal, bookish word這是一個相當正式、書面的字
In daily talk, people say “I can’t stand it” or “I really don’t like them.” Antipathy is colder than hate: hate can burn hot; antipathy can sit there for years, quiet and settled, sometimes with no clear story why. You can also speak of mutual antipathy when two people simply cannot bear each other.
In daily talk, people say "I can't stand it" or "I really don't like them."日常對話裡人們會說'I can't stand it'或'I really don't like them.' Antipathy is colder than hate antipathy比hate更冷 hate can burn hot hate可以燒得火熱 antipathy can sit there for years, quiet and settled antipathy可以安靜地擱在那裡好幾年 sometimes with no clear story why有時候甚至說不出明確的原因 You can also speak of mutual antipathy你也可以說mutual antipathy（互相反感） when two people simply cannot bear each other用在兩個人就是無法忍受彼此的時候
Though actually, writers sometimes dress up a small dislike in this big word; the true sense is strong, not a mild preference.
Though actually, writers sometimes dress up a small dislike in this big word不過其實作家有時候會用這個大字來包裝一點小小的不喜歡 the true sense is strong, not a mild preference但它真正的意思是強烈的不是輕微的偏好
組成Borrowed from Middle French antipathie, from Latin antipathīa, from Ancient Greek antĭpátheiă: anti- (“against”) + pathos (“feeling, suffering”). The anti- piece is very old, with the sense “against” or “facing.”
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- antipatheticthe adjective: feeling this strong dislike
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
antipathynoun/ænˈtɪpəθi/
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Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
- For of our Alphabet the .P. doth omenouſly begin / Of theſe this much diſtaſted Ranck, […] vvere other Rankes not free / Of Publique-vveales Antipathie, prooling and peruerſe, P.
- A Sect, vvhoſe chief Devotion lies / In odde perverſe Antipathies; / In falling out vvith that or this, / And finding ſomevvhat ſtill amiſs: […]
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Natural contrariety or incompatibility between things, as a result of which they negatively affect or oppose each other; (countable) an instance of this.
- Oil and water have antipathy.
- […] Tangible Bodies haue an Antipathy vvith Aire; And if they finde any Liquid Body, that is more denſe, neere them, they vvill dravv it: And after they haue dravvne it, they vvill condenſe it more and in effect incorporate it; For vvee ſee that a Spunge, or vvooll, or Sugar, or a vvoollen Cloth, being put but in part, in vvater, or vvine, vvill dravv the Liquor higher, and beyond the place, vvhere the vvater or vvine commeth.
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A person or thing that one has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards; an anathema, a bête noire, a bugbear.
- Let him be to thee, an Antipathy, / A thing thy nature ſvveates at, and turnes backvvard: […]
- Dr. Slicer is decidedly one of my antipathies and I shall not go to ride with him. Why has he taken to coming here?
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obsoleteA person or thing that has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards another person or thing; a hater.
- And therefore having firſt vvith horror vveigh'd / VVhat tis to die, and to die yong, to part vvith / All pleaſures, and delights: laſtly, to goe / VVhere all Antipathies to comfort dvvell / Furies behind, about thee, and before thee, / […] let deſpayre / Preuent the hangmans ſvvord, and on this ſcaffold / Make thy firſt entrance into Hell.
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biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe quality of being antipathetic: not easily united by grafting.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。