【问】 by contrast与in contrast有无区别?
【答】 incontrast [with (to)]与by contrast (with)在语义上是相同的,都表示“与……相比较”、“与……相反”、“与……相对照”。但by contrast常常用作句子状语,而in contrast with主要用作表语和动词的状语:
1. In contrast with your belief that we shall fail,I know we shall succeed. (LDCE)(状语)你认为我们将失败;与此相反,我却知道我们会成功。
2. His white hair was in sharp contrast to(with) his dark skin. (ALD)(表语)他的白发跟他的黑皮肤形成鲜明的对照。
by contrast的用法见上条。
赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第284页.