contrast
英['kɒntrɑːst]
美['kɑntræst]
- vi. 对比；形成对照
- vt. 使对比；使与…对照
- n. 对比；差别；对照物
词态变化
复数: contrasts;第三人称单数: contrasts;过去式: contrasted;过去分词: contrasted;现在分词: contrasting;
助记提示
1. contra‐在街道的对面形成.
2. 在街道的两边形成对照。
3. 相反的街道形成对照。
中文词源
contrast 比较
contra-, 相对，相反。-st, 站，词源同stand. 即相对而站进行比较。
英文词源
- contrast
- contrast: see statue
- contrast (v.)
- 1690s, from French contraster (Old French contrester), modified by or from Italian contrastare "stand out against, strive, contend," from Vulgar Latin *contrastare "to withstand," from Latin contra "against" (see contra) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Middle English had contrest "to fight against, to withstand," which became extinct. Modern word re-introduced as an art term. Related: Contrasted; contrasting; contrastive. - contrast (n.)
- 1711, from contrast (v.).
双语例句
- 1. The boy's room is a complete contrast to the guest room.
- 这个男孩的房间和客房截然不同。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The private sector, by contrast, has plenty of money to spend.
- 相比之下，私营部门就有很多钱可供开销。
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- 3. Hungary, by contrast, reacted calmly to events in Yugoslavia.
- 相比之下,匈牙利对南斯拉夫发生的一系列事件反应平静.
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- 4. In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
- 同其水面舰队相比，英国的潜艇部队规模相对较小。
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- 5. By contrast, the comparable figure for the Netherlands is 16 per cent.
- 相反，荷兰的相对数字为16%。
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