The noun is pronounced /'kɒntrɑːst, -træst/. The verb is pronounced /kən'trɑːst, -'træst/. 名词读作 /'kɒntrɑːst, -træst/,动词读作 /kən'trɑːst, -'træst/。
1.差异;差别;悬殊
Acontrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
contrast
e.g. ...thecontrast between town and country...
城乡差别
e.g. The two visitors provided a startlingcontrast in appearance...
这两位访客的外表截然不同。
2.相比之下;与…相反
You sayby contrast orin contrast, orin contrast to something, to show that you are mentioning a very different situation from the one you have just mentioned.
e.g. The private sector, bycontrast, has plenty of money to spend...
相比之下,私营部门就有很多钱可供开销。
e.g. Incontrast, the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered...
相反,生活在富裕家庭的女孩子通常都备受呵护。
3.与…截然不同;与…对比鲜明
If one thing isin contrast to another, it is very different from it.
contrast的解释
e.g. His public statements have always been in markedcontrast to those of his son...
他和他儿子在公开场合的言论总是截然不同。
e.g. That is in starkcontrast to the situation during the 1970 oil crisis.
那和1970年石油危机时的情形完全不同。
4.截然不同的事物;差异明显的事物
If one thing is acontrast to another, it is very different from it.
e.g. The boy's room is a completecontrast to the guest room.
这个男孩的房间和客房截然不同。
e.g. ...a country of great contrasts.
一个截然不同的国家
5.对比;对照
If youcontrast one thingwith another, you point out or consider the differences between those things.
e.g. She contrasted the situation then with the present crisis...
她将当时的情况和目前的危机进行对比。
e.g. contrast that approach with what goes on in most organizations...
将那个方法和大多数机构现行的做法进行对比。
6.截然不同;有明显差异;对比鲜明
If one thingcontrasts with another, it is very different from it.
e.g. Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss...
约翰逊的亲和力和他老板易怒的性格形成了鲜明的对比。
e.g. Paint the wall in a contrasting colour.
把这面墙刷成对比鲜明的颜色。
7.(照片、电视图像、画作等的)颜色反差,明暗对比
contrast is the degree of difference between the darker and lighter parts of a photograph, television picture, or painting.
e.g. ...a television with brighter colours, bettercontrast, and digital sound.
颜色更为鲜艳、图像对比度更高、具备数字音响效果的电视