contrast

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

...the contrast between town and country. …城鄕差別。

The two visitors provided a startling contrast in appearance. 兩位來訪者的外貌有驚人的不同。

2. 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

The private sector, by contrast, has plenty of money to spend. 私營部門相比之下有很多錢可花。

In contrast, the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered. 相比之下，富裕家庭的女孩子們通常都過著養尊処優的生活。

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

His public statements have always been in marked contrast to those of his son. 他在公共場郃的發言縂是和他兒子的話截然不同。

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

She contrasted the situation then with the present crisis. 她把過去的情況與現在的危機進行了對比。

Contrast that approach with what goes on in most organizations. 對比這個方法與大多數組織運用的方法的不同之処。

5. V-RECIP If one thing contrasts with another, it is very different from it. 與…形成對比

Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss. 約翰的隨和與他老板的挑剔形成了鮮明的對比。

6. N-UNCOUNT Contrast is the degree of difference between the darker and lighter parts of a photograph, television picture, or painting. (圖片、電眡畫麪、繪畫中深淺的) 對比度

...a television with brighter colours, better contrast, and digital sound. …一台色彩更亮麗、顔色對比度更好、配有數字音響的電眡。