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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

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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。

英语词源

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.).

权威例句

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。

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。

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.

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。

5. By contrast, the comparable figure for the Netherlands is 16 per cent.