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counterpart n.副本,极相似的人或物（职能相当的人／对应的事）,配对物 The noun counterpart comes from the French word countre part, meaning “duplicate of a legal document.” In legal circles counterpart still means "a duplicate document," but today it is more likely to describe people. Counterparts aren't duplicates, of course, but they have similar skills and responsibilities. If you play soccer, your counterpart is the player on the other team who plays the same position. ★★★☆☆ 2009.3

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['kauntəpa:t] If you leap tall buildings in a single bound for the Des Moines branch of your corporation, then your Metropolis counterpart might be Superman. That means you and Superman do similar jobs, but in different locations. Yet the research revealed that the U.S. factories of Honda, Nissan, and Toyota achieved about 95 percent of the productivity of their Japanese counterparts -- a result of the training that U.S. workers received on the job. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]职能(或地位)相当的人；对应的事物 Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.   [with supp]The Foreign Secretary telephoned his Italian counterpart to protest.外交部长致电意大利外长表示抗议。The Finnish organization was very different from that of its counterparts in the rest of the Nordic region.芬兰的这一机构和北欧其他国家的同类机构迥然不同。

英语单词	counterpart
英美音标	['kauntəpa:t]
中文释义	n.副本,极相似的人或物（职能相当的人／对应的事）,配对物
vocab简明	If you leap tall buildings in a single bound for the Des Moines branch of your corporation, then your Metropolis counterpart might be Superman. That means you and Superman do similar jobs, but in different locations.
vocab扩展	The noun counterpart comes from the French word countre part, meaning “duplicate of a legal document.” In legal circles counterpart still means "a duplicate document," but today it is more likely to describe people. Counterparts aren't duplicates, of course, but they have similar skills and responsibilities. If you play soccer, your counterpart is the player on the other team who plays the same position.
真题原句	Yet the research revealed that the U.S. factories of Honda, Nissan, and Toyota achieved about 95 percent of the productivity of their Japanese counterparts -- a result of the training that U.S. workers received on the job.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]职能(或地位)相当的人；对应的事物 Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place. [with supp] The Foreign Secretary telephoned his Italian counterpart to protest. 外交部长致电意大利外长表示抗议。 The Finnish organization was very different from that of its counterparts in the rest of the Nordic region. 芬兰的这一机构和北欧其他国家的同类机构迥然不同。
来源	2009.3

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