contradistinction

英 [ˌkɒntrədɪ'stɪŋkʃn] 美 [ˌkɑːntrədɪ'stɪŋkʃn]

• n. 对比；对比的区别

英英释义

Noun:

1. a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast;

   "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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

近反义词

【近义词】

• distinction 荣誉
• variety 多样