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Juxtapose Things Contrasting Juxtaposed N D 英 ˌdʒʌkstə'Pəʊz] 美

英语单词 juxtapose
英美音标 英 [ˌdʒʌkstə'pəʊz] 美 [ˌdʒʌkstə'poʊz]
中文释义 v.并置;并列
vocabulary简明 See the word "pose" in juxtapose? When you juxtapose, you are "posing" or positioning things side by side.
vocabulary扩展 The verb juxtapose requires contrasting things placed next to one other: "The collage juxtaposed pictures of Jane while she was growing up and as an adult." Juxtapose is used often when referring to contrasting elements in the arts. "The music juxtaposed the instrumentation of jazz with the harmonies of soul."
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词](为强调不同点)把…并置,把…并列 If you juxtapose two contrasting objects, images, or ideas, you place them together or describe them together, so that the differences between them are emphasized.
  [V pl-n]
  [be V-ed with n]
  [V-ed]
  [Also V n with n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • The technique Mr Wilson uses most often is to juxtapose things for dramatic effect...

    威尔逊先生最常用的手法是将事物放在一起,以产生戏剧化的效果。

  • Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.

    几幅当代照片和一面16世纪的葡萄牙铜镜并排摆在一起。

  • ...art's oldest theme: the celebration of life juxtaposed with the terror of mortality.

    最古老的艺术主题:对生命的赞美伴以对死亡的恐惧

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