Contrast

(noun.) the act of distinguishing by comparing differences.

(noun.) the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness).

(noun.) the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors.

(noun.) the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; 'in contrast to', 'by contrast'.

(verb.) put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; 'The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student'.

(verb.) to show differences when compared; be different; 'the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities'.

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• It is well watered, and its affluent vegetation gains effect by contrast with the barren hills that tower on either side. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And very white he looked, in contrast with the roses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Then her thoughts went back to Milton, with a strange sense of the contrast between the life there, and here. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Nothing could exceed in beauty the contrast between these two excellent creatures. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The coffee was so exquisite that he asked for a second cup: such a contrast to the watery stuff at the club! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Dine with the Lord Mayor of London (if you can get an invitation) and observe the contrast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• His figure seemed very tall as he entered, and stood in contrast with the three ladies, none of whom could boast a stature much beyond the average. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The multiplicity of its appeals--the perpetual surprise of its contrasts and resemblances! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• A contrast indeed to this gay scene of worldly pleasure--but then I have always lived on contrasts! 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Her visit to the Girls' Club had first brought her in contact with the dramatic contrasts of life. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• With some excess of patriotic pride, he contrasts these with what he calls the seven wonders of American invention. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He closes his picture with a rollicking burst of humor which contrasts finely with the grief of the mother and her children. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Her lord being cherubic, she was necessarily majestic, according to the principle which matrimonially unites contrasts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I made you talk: ere long I found you full of strange contrasts. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Observe their three heads: much alike at a first glance; at a second, different; at a third, contrasted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• India, a galaxy of contrasted races, religions, and cultures, Dravidian, Mongolian, and Aryan, became a nation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In their modes of expressing thought, these two generals contrasted quite as strongly as in their other characteristics. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This dangerous aspect of Ladislaw was strangely contrasted with other habits which became matter of remark. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She wore an amber-coloured flower, too, in her hair: it contrasted well with the jetty mass of her curls. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I knew that--and yet even the mention of his age, when I contrasted it with hers, added to my blind hatred and distrust of him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Her look of confidence and diffidence contrasted with Ursula's sensitive expectancy. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But as if to repress such vainglorious thoughts, there stood in the transept of the building, surrounded by and contrasting with the handiworks of man, one of the simplest productions of Nature. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• This contrasting of them with the rest seemed, I was glad to see, to do them good with her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• She was pale and fair, and her golden hair clustered on her temples, contrasting its rich hue with the living marble beneath. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The first contrasting conception considered is that of preparing or getting ready for some future duty or privilege. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• A young and clever man was coming into that lonely heath from, of all contrasting places in the world, Paris. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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