Contrast



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• v. / n. 对比
• ［英］ v. / n. 对比 ( a comparison showing striking differences)
• ［记］ contra ( 反) +st=stand ( 站) -> 反站 -> 对比
• ［例］ Careful contrast of the two plans shows up some key differences.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: French contraster, from Middle French, to oppose, resist, alteration of contrester, from Vulgar Latin *contrastare, from Latin contra- + stare to stand — more at stand
• Date: 1646
• transitive verb
  • to set off in contrast ; compare or appraise in respect to differences <contrast European and American manners — often used with to or with<contrasting her with other women — Victoria Sackville-West
• intransitive verb
  • to form a contrast
• Synonyms: see compare
• ? contrastable adjective
• ? contrastingly adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1711
• 1.
  • a. juxtaposition of dissimilar elements (as color, tone, or emotion) in a work of art
  • b. degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture
• 2.
  • a. the difference or degree of difference between things having similar or comparable natures <the contrast between the two forms of government
  • b. comparison of similar objects to set off their dissimilar qualities ; the state of being so compared <the enforced simplicity in this diary…is in contrast to the intensity of his former life — Times Literary Supplement
• 3. a person or thing that exhibits differences when compared with another

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