contrast
英 ['k?ntrɑ?st]
美 ['kɑntr?st]
- vi. 對比；形成對照
- vt. 使對比；使與…對照
- n. 對比；差別；對照物
助記提示
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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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.
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
- 同其水面艦隊相比，英國的潛艇部隊規模相對較小。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. By contrast, the comparable figure for the Netherlands is 16 per cent.
- 相反，荷蘭的相對數字為16%。
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