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contrast

英 ['kɒntrɑːst]美 ['kɑntræst]

vi. 對比；形成對照

vt. 使對比；使與…對照

n. 對比；差別；對照物

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1. contra‐在街道的對面形成.
2. 在街道的兩邊形成對照。
3. 相反的街道形成對照。

中文詞源

contrast 比較

contra-, 相對，相反。-st, 站，詞源同stand. 即相對而站進行比較。

英語詞源

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.).

權威例句

1. The boy's room is a complete contrast to the guest room.

這個男孩的房間和客房截然不同。

2. The private sector, by contrast, has plenty of money to spend.

相比之下，私營部門就有很多錢可供開銷。

3. Hungary, by contrast, reacted calmly to events in Yugoslavia.

相比之下,匈牙利對南斯拉夫發生的一系列事件反應平靜.

4. In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.

同其水面艦隊相比，英國的潛艇部隊規模相對較小。

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