20 Which of the following pairs are relational antonyms?
(A) dead/alive
(B) heavy/light
(C) exit/entrance
(D) prey/predator

There are three categories of antonyms:

• Graded antonyms - deal with levels of the meaning of the words, like if something is not “good”, is may still not be “bad.” There is a scale involved with some words, and besides good and bad there can be average, fair, excellent, terrible, poor, or satisfactory.
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• Complementary antonyms - have a relationship where there is no middle ground. There are only two possibilities, either one or the other.
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• Relational antonyms - are sometimes considered a subcategory of complementary antonyms. With these pairs, for there to be a relationship, both must exist.

相關試題

Which pair of words contains relational opposites? [108北市]

(A) sleep/wake  (B) give/receive  (C) descend/ascend  (D) wrap/unwrap                Ans. B

predator食肉動物；掠奪者

prey被捕食的動物

relational antonym: pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view,

                                  such as parent/child or  borrow/lend

                                  **one exists only because the other exists**

資料來源：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converse_(semantics)