0 a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things -- 一分为二，对立
There is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do. 政治家的言行之间常有天壤之别。
The dichotomies never form a solid and permanent grid, but are in constant motion, forming new temporary constellations.
His book effortlessly and purposefully defies the false dichotomy between a cultural studies approach and a historical one.
Accordingly, there is a methodological dichotomy between public law analysis and feminist critiques, which on the face of it, appears to be irresolvable.
He argues, for example, that "understanding" a text is different from "explaining" a text, and he criticizes historians who fail to recognize this important dichotomy.
These facts are prima facie problematic for any theory that insists on the positional dichotomy between heads and phrasal constituents.
That doesn't seem like an outrageous thing to say, though large numbers of philosophers seem attached to a sharp dichotomy between cognitive and non-cognitive attitudes.
This dichotomy is reflected in the immune response of these mice.
Consequently, neither alternative hypothesis is strongly supported, but to some degree this may be related to the very crude dichotomy we use when categorising programmes.
