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Типовой контекст 2

 

His mind

is a

mature, not

an

immature

one. (Th.

Dreiser, An American Tragedy).

kill’

and close

your eyes

If you say ‘ Thou shalt not

to the‘why’, then

you, too, are not

moral but immoral

(A. Maltz,

The Cross and the Arrow).

 

 

 

 

Типовой контекст 3

 

We are unlucky or lucky enough

to

remain (R. Alding­

ton, Death of a Hero).

 

 

 

 

The story that it had originated in Robinson, credible

or incredible, had been shameful for

me

to hear... (Ch.

P. Snow, Homecoming).

 

 

 

Типовой

контекст

4

 

This man Steuer fancied

that he

was

dishonest, and

that he, Mollenhauer, was honest (Th. Dreiser, The Fin­ ancier).

You’re

unhappy.

But I’m happy

(J.

Jones,

From

Here to Eternity).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Типовой

контекст

5

 

 

...they

were only

books,

fairy stories

of a fairer

and

impossible world. But now he had seen that world, possible and real... (J. London, Martin Eden).

“ Really, Barbara, you go on as if religion were a pleas­ ant subject...” “ I do not find it an unpleasant subject, my dear” (B. Shaw, Major Barbara).

Таким образом, есть все основания считать антонимы, образованные с помощью отрицательных префиксов, столь же противопоставленными в семантической си­ стеме современного английского языка, как и антонимы с разными корнями. Префиксальные антонимы состав­ ляют подавляющее большинство английских антонимов.

Составитель


СЛО ВАРЬ К О РН ЕВЫ Х АН ТО Н И М О В

ABOVE — BELOW

One is too far below me (I mean in her own opinion), and the other is too high above me.

Lorna, 277

Sometimes I rise above my level, sometimes I fall below

it.

Moreau, 123

ABSENT — PRESENT

ABSENCE — PRESENCE

Whether friends were present or absent, she had always a kind smile for him...

Vanity, 11, 198

She kept him only by dangling the hope that she would throw Mac Gown over; taking care to have him pres­ ent when Mac Gown was absent, and absent when Mac Gown was present.

 

 

 

 

 

Spoon,

117

To

him the

presence or absence of his wife’s sister was

a

matter of

indifference.

 

Sister, 28

 

 

 

 

 

By

the time

I

had drawn

the

opium in, her

presence

or absence

mattered very

little.

26

 

 

 

 

 

Quiet,

 

 

 

ABSOLUTE — RELATIVE

 

His

vitality

was absolute,

not

relative.

 

Spoon, 63

A B S O L U T E

- 26 -

ACT

For all she knew, there might be something absolute, not relative, in his ‘make-up’...

Swan, 169

ACCEPT — DECLINE

He saw that the old man looked at Nell, uncertain wheth­ er to accept or to decline his offer...

Curiosity, 218

I cannot accept this offer, Lord Caversham, I have made

up

my mind to decline it.

Ideal, 268

 

 

 

ACCEPT — REJECT

 

 

I am to accept or reject at once, am I?

 

 

 

Curiosity,

572

Face

it, one way or the other. Accept it

or reject it.

 

 

Heroes,

311

 

ACCIDENTAL — INTENTIONAL

 

Whether an intentional or an accidental

shot, it

hit

the

mark full...

Martin,

295

 

 

A sign is any distinctive mark by which

a thing

may

be recognized or its presence known, and may be intentional or accidental, natural or artificial, sug­ gestive, descriptive, or wholly arbitrary.

Synonyms, 438

ACT — WORD

I ... will not seek, by word or act, to change it.

Oliver, 352

A brawl or broil is a rude quarrel by word or act or both.

Synonyms, 59


A C T IV E

— 27 —

A L IV E

ACTIVE — PASSIVE

This was no passive belief, but an active weapon which they flashed at more convenient places of business.

Tale, 58

Their resistance was always active, not passive.

From Here, 630

ADVANCE — RETREAT

There is plenty more of it at the same shop,” said Mr. Swiveller, by turns advancing and retreating in a

threatening attitude...

Curiosity, 120

In war, as in peace, you retreated and you advanced, sometimes you retreated in order to advance.

Crusaders, 470

AGE — YOUTH

Notwithstanding the difference between youth and age...

 

 

 

Oliver,

335

Youth

would always

be youth and age would be age...

 

 

 

 

End, 81

 

 

ALIKE — DIFFERENT

 

 

It was

unbelievable

two people could look so much

alike

and be so

completely and utterly

different.

 

 

 

Some Came, 177

How is it that two

people, just a brother and sister,

can be

so alike and so different.

 

 

 

 

 

Who Knew,

290

 

 

ALIVE — DEAD

 

 

“ Speak!”

he cried,

“ and tell us whether you

are

alive

or dead...”

 

 

 

Three, 156


A L I V E

28 -

A N S W E R

The ancient Roman emperor-god had not infinite wis­ dom... but he had some: ...he was alive, not dead.

 

Apple, 21

ANCIENT — MODERN

“ That's tile modern view,

anyway.” — “ According

to report the ancient one,

loo.”

 

End, 561

The name ‘Fleet street’ has many associations, ancient and modern, literary and political, in the minds of millions of people throughout the world.

 

 

 

Name,

21

 

 

ANNOY — PLEASE

 

“ Naturally

I don’t approve

of them,” said Emery,

still

uncertain whether he felt more annoyed or pleas­

ed...

 

 

Spring,

98

 

 

 

He began

to believe she might be in love with him,

and

the

thought was both

pleasing and annoying.

 

 

 

Teacher,

114

ANSWER — ASK

The question would be asked and must be answered.

End, 268

It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth while answering one.

Ideal, 212

ANSWER — QUESTION

Questions are never indiscreet. Answers some time are.

Ideal, 180

A N S W E R

- 20 —

A S S E N T

There were far too many questions and not enough answers and none of them clear.

Crusaders, 24

ARTIFICIAL — NATURAL

He made the most dismal sounds I have ever heard produced by any means, natural or artificial,

Copperfield, 78

...the aesthetic emotions are excited more readily by natural than by artificial objects.

End, 109

ASHAMED — PROUD

I know what love means now, and instead of being ashamed of it, I ’m proud of it.

Octopus, 376

Sarah will want to feel proud instead of ashamed of you.

Major, 32

ASLEEP — AWAKE

That was the question that tortured him, by night and by day, asleep and awake.

Yankee, 137

...there was more to him, asleep or awake, than the unwanted past and the weary present.

Heroes, 4

ASSENT — DISSENT

He made neither sign of assent nor dissent.

Mexican, 336

...giving no motion of either assent or dissent.

Some Came, 1032


A S S U M E D

- 30 -

A T TR A C T

ASSUMED — REAL

...an increased earnestness, which, whether real or

assumed, had the same effect on his companion...

 

 

Curiosity,

70

...

the desperate

creature gloried in launching such

a

blow at the

man’s real or assumed insensibility...

 

 

Egoist,

184

ATTACK — DEFEND

ATTACK — DEFENCE

They don’t worry much about defending us. Because they are going to do the attacking.

Tomorrow,

318

Vested interests expect to be defended,

not attacked

by a conservative government...

 

 

D. W. ,

Febr. 4,

1962

•.. lost all presence of mind and power of attack or de­ fence.

Vanity, 57

Dyke had stood between cab and fender throughout all the duel, exposed, reckless, thinking only of attack,

and

 

not of defence.

 

 

Octopus,

445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTRACT — REPEL

 

 

Emmy

attracted and

at

the same time repelled

him.

 

 

 

 

 

Tomb, 70

The

new insurrectionary

movement of

women

that

had

distinguished

those years, had

attracted

her

by

its emotion and

repelled her by its

crudity...

 

Marriage, 423