单词:contradistinction
音标:[,kɔntrәdis'tiŋkʃәn] ;
n. 对比的区别
n. a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
词型变化:名词复数形式 : contradistinctions
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contradistinction的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The medical applications of genetic testing stand in clear contradistinction to its social or legal applications.基因检测的医疗应用,与它在法律和社会方面的应用有着明显不同的对比。
经典引文
A country which..must, in contradistinction to the prevailing misery of the continent, have presented a spectacle of rare..prosperity.
出自:H. A. L. Fisher
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