contrast

英 ['k?ntrɑ?st] 美['kɑntr?st]

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復(fù)數(shù):?contrasts;第三人稱單數(shù):?contrasts;過去式:?contrasted;過去分詞:?contrasted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?contrasting;

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。

contrast 比較

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

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.).

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(fā)生的一系列事件反應(yīng)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(guī)模相對較小。

5. By contrast, the comparable figure for the Netherlands is 16 per cent.: 相反，荷蘭的相對數(shù)字為16%。