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counterpart n.职务相当的人；对应物；相似之物；副本 (1) 国务卿相当于外交部长。(2) 这位销售主任给另一家公司的销售主任打电话。(3) 黑夜与白天相辅相成。(4) 我绞尽脑汁也想不出它在文学中的对等物，也许你可以想出一个。(5) 举世无双。(6) 雇主必须签署合同副本。 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.

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英 ['kaʊntəpɑːt] 美 ['kaʊntərpɑːrt] (1) The secretary of state is the counterpart of the foreign minister.(2) The sale director phoned her counterpart in the other firm.(3) Night is the counterpart of day.(4) I racked my memory in vain for its counterpart in literature: perhaps you could think of one.(5) It has no counterpart in the world.(6) The employer must sign the counterpart of the contract. 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. 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	英 ['kaʊntəpɑːt] 美 ['kaʊntərpɑːrt]
中文释义	n.职务相当的人；对应物；相似之物；副本
英语例句	(1) The secretary of state is the counterpart of the foreign minister. (2) The sale director phoned her counterpart in the other firm. (3) Night is the counterpart of day. (4) I racked my memory in vain for its counterpart in literature: perhaps you could think of one. (5) It has no counterpart in the world. (6) The employer must sign the counterpart of the contract.
中文例句	(1) 国务卿相当于外交部长。 (2) 这位销售主任给另一家公司的销售主任打电话。 (3) 黑夜与白天相辅相成。 (4) 我绞尽脑汁也想不出它在文学中的对等物，也许你可以想出一个。 (5) 举世无双。 (6) 雇主必须签署合同副本。
vocabulary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.
vocabulary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.
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。

Counterpart Similar Secretary Foreign Means Legal 英 Kaʊntəpɑːt] 美