0 an obvious difference between two or more things -- 差別，差異；對照，對比
I love his use of contrast (= strong differences between light and darkness) in his later photographs. 我喜歡他後期攝影作品中光暗對比的運用。
The amount spent on defence is in stark/sharp (= in very noticeable) contrast to that spent on housing and health. 國防支出與住房及醫療保健的支出形成了鮮明的對照。
Their economy has expanded, while ours, by/in contrast, has declined. 他們的經濟快速增長，相比之下，我們的經濟則下滑了。
There's a marked contrast between his character and hers. 他的性格與她形成了鮮明對比。
The antique furnishing provides an unusual contrast to the modernity of the building. 這座建築物的古典裝飾與它自身的現代風格形成了不同尋常的對比。
I like the contrast of the white trousers with the black jacket. 我喜歡白色長褲與黑色外套形成的對比。
1 to compare two people or things in order to show the differences between them -- 對照，對比
They contrast with syntactic representations, which are structured in terms of lexical heads and grammatical functions or relations.
There are numerous contrasts between these two regions.
In contrast, lithium or imipramine reduced depression scores but did not improve learning.
In contrast, when eco-forestry is unsubsidized, groups meeting their own set-up costs, the returns per hectare are still positive but very modest.
Older physicians, in contrast, probably looked forward to returning to their established practices.
Two contrasting dispersal models, one purely diffusive and one stratified, were then chosen to simulate colonization for the two contrasting initial genetic structures.
Cognitive factors involved in preserving a phonetic contrast.
By contrast, ordinary adjectives without passive morphology were unlikely to be reanalyzed as verbs or to give rise to a verbal interpretation.
