| 词组 | contrast |
| 释义 | contrast 1. As a noun, contrast is used with the prepositions between, with, and to: • What a contrast... between this gray apathy and the way the Germans had gone to war in 1914 —William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 1960 • The contrast between the wealthy citizenry of Potosi and the Indian miners —Times Literary Supp., 23 Feb. 1967 • ... identified through comparison or contrast with the history of other societies —Peter J. Parish, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 3 Feb. 1985 • ... a congenial contrast with his more bourgeois background —Gay Talese, Harper's, January 1969 • The starting five was black,... and they made a startling contrast to Adolph Rupp's lily-white aggregation —Jack Olsen, Sports Illustrated, 15 July 1968 When preceded by in, contrast may be followed by either to or with; to seems somewhat more common in American English. • His gaily striped tie was in odd contrast to his haggard face —Van Siller, Cosmopolitan, March 1972 • The enforced simplicity in this diary of half-living is in contrast to the intensity of his former life —Times Literary Supp., 21 Mar. 1968 • ... dispassionate style and clear organization of this article are in sharp contrast to his sentimental meandering ... in other essays —George Victor, Change, November 1971 • In contrast with Mr Chou, Mr Nguyen Huu Tho was strongly critical —David Bonavia, The Times (London), 19 Nov. 1973 • Morrissey himself, in contrast with his present surroundings, is all New York —Melton S. Davis, TV. Y. Times, 15 July 1973 2. The commentators are of several minds on the question of the verb contrast used with with or to. Alford 1866 allows both but prefers to; Bernstein 1965 and Safire 1984 allow both but think to implies a stronger contrast than with; Longman 1984 and Simon 1980 think with the only choice in modern use. The OED finds with more common than to, and with predominates in our most recent evidence. Some examples of with: • The Activity of his Character is now to be contrasted with the Gravity of Nestor's —Alexander Pope, footnote, The Iliad, 1715 • ... the luxury of the soft beaten sand as contrasted with the paved centre —Thomas De Quincey, "The Vision of Sudden Death," 1849 • ... contrasting her with other women and thinking how deliciously ingenuous she was —Vita SackvilleWest, The Edwardians, 1930 • ... to contrast the optimism of Teilhard de Chardin with the pessimism of Pascal —Thomas Merton, Commonweal, 27 Oct. 1967 • It does not contrast the woman riveter with the chic mannequin —Arthur Miller, Harper's, September 1969 • ... a mountain whose majestic calm contrasts with the extraordinary scenes of human cruelty —Diane Johnson, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 27 Mar. 1983 Some examples of to: • ... the fixity and establishment-mindedness of all law ethics as contrasted to love ethics —Joseph Fletcher, Situation Ethics, 1966 • It is interesting to contrast the policies of the two German states to the use of German and English — Richard E. Wood, English Around the World, November 1976 • ... and what more comfortingly square profession could there be to contrast to the danger and self-righteousness of his parents' endeavors? —Mopsy Strange Kennedy, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 25 Nov. 1984 We find little evidence of a difference of intensity between with and to. With is simply more often used. |
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