con·trast ( contrasts, contrasting, contrasted ) CET4

名词读作kɒntræst。动词读作kəntræst。

• N-VAR A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them. (巨大的) 差别

  例: ...the contrast between town and country.

  …城乡差别。

  例: The two visitors provided a startling contrast in appearance.

  两位来访者的外貌有惊人的不同。

• PHRASE You say by contrast or in contrast, or in contrast to something, to show that you are mentioning a very different situation from the one you have just mentioned. 相比之下

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

  私营部门相比之下有很多钱可花。

  例: In contrast, the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered.

  相比之下，富裕家庭的女孩子们通常都过着养尊处优的生活。

• PHRASE If one thing is in contrast to another, it is very different from it. 与…截然不同

  例: His public statements have always been in marked contrast to those of his son.

  他在公共场合的发言总是和他儿子的话截然不同。

• V-T If you contrast one thing with another, you point out or consider the differences between those things. 对比 (事物以指出不同点)

  例: She contrasted the situation then with the present crisis.

  她把过去的情况与现在的危机进行了对比。

  例: Contrast that approach with what goes on in most organizations.

  对比这个方法与大多数组织运用的方法的不同之处。

• V-RECIP If one thing contrasts with another, it is very different from it. 与…形成对比

  例: Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss.

  约翰的随和与他老板的挑剔形成了鲜明的对比。

• N-UNCOUNT Contrast is the degree of difference between the darker and lighter parts of a photograph, television picture, or painting. (图片、电视画面、绘画中深浅的) 对比度

  例: ...a television with brighter colors, better contrast, and digital sound.

  …一台色彩更亮丽、颜色对比度更好、配有数字音响的电视。