对子 [
duì zi]
a pair of antithetical phrases, etc.
- 最不可能的对子可能热情地互相扶持。
The most unlikely pairs will intensely support each other. - 这种假设对子暗示了某种层级关系——如果橙色优于青绿色,青绿色优于绿色,那么橙色必然优于绿色。
The premise pairs imply a hierarchy—if orange is a better choice than turquoise and turquoise is preferred to green, then orange should win over green. - 但当我们在受试者们学习完这些假设对子20分钟后,用这些新奇的结对方法测试受试者,发现他们还没有发现其中暗藏的关系。
But when we tested the subjects on these novel pairings 20 minutes after they learned the premise pairs, they had not yet discovered these hidden relations.