polo
pole.
By contrasting polar types there is a danger of, first, suggesting that the two poles are in conflict with each other and, second, that there is no linking 'middle ground' between them.
como polo opuesto
by polar contrast
By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.
Polo Norte, el
North Pole, the
A meridian is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole that connects all locations with a given longitude.
polos opuestos
polar types
worlds apart
like oil and water
like chalk and cheese
like apples and oranges
The typical sociological use of polar types, dichotomies and contrasted opposites is useful up to a point, but requires further analysis if it is not to mislead.
International law & cyberspace are not worlds apart anymore.
The two are like oil and water.
In many ways they are like chalk and cheese to the point where I find myself even questioning how on earth their relationship works.
Observation and theory are generally like apples and oranges - they don't interact.
Polo Sur, el [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
South Pole, the
I have found in reading extracts from Scott's diary of his trip to the South Pole that pupils interrupted all the time to ask questions, until the final entries were reached, when everyone went very quiet, moved deeply by Scott's words and unwilling to bruise the emotion they felt.
ser polos opuestos
be polar opposites
be poles apart
These two visions of the role of libraries are polar opposites.
The author discusses the evolving shape of competitor intelligence explaining why to date its aims and realities have been poles apart.
