contrast
英 ['k?ntrɑ?st]
美['kɑntr?st]
- vi. 對(duì)比；形成對(duì)照
- vt. 使對(duì)比；使與…對(duì)照
- n. 對(duì)比；差別；對(duì)照物
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?contrasts;第三人稱單數(shù):?contrasts;過(guò)去式:?contrasted;過(guò)去分詞:?contrasted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?contrasting;
助記提示
1. contra‐在街道的對(duì)面形成.
2. 在街道的兩邊形成對(duì)照。
3. 相反的街道形成對(duì)照。
2. 在街道的兩邊形成對(duì)照。
3. 相反的街道形成對(duì)照。
中文詞源
contrast 比較
contra-, 相對(duì)，相反。-st, 站，詞源同stand. 即相對(duì)而站進(jìn)行比較。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The boy's room is a complete contrast to the guest room.
- 這個(gè)男孩的房間和客房截然不同。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The private sector, by contrast, has plenty of money to spend.
- 相比之下，私營(yíng)部門(mén)就有很多錢(qián)可供開(kāi)銷。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Hungary, by contrast, reacted calmly to events in Yugoslavia.
- 相比之下,匈牙利對(duì)南斯拉夫發(fā)生的一系列事件反應(yīng)平靜.
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
- 同其水面艦隊(duì)相比，英國(guó)的潛艇部隊(duì)規(guī)模相對(duì)較小。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. By contrast, the comparable figure for the Netherlands is 16 per cent.
- 相反，荷蘭的相對(duì)數(shù)字為16%。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句