名詞：差別、差異、對照、對比
常見搭配詞：
- the contrast between…
在…兩者間的差異 - the contrast of A with B
A和B的對比(差別) - A be a contrast to B
A是B的對比 - in contrast with
和…對比 - in contrast to
和…對比(較普遍) - by contrast
相反地、對比之下 - In contrast
對比之下 - a clear / obvious / contrast
明顯的差別 - a complete / total contrast
完全不同 - an interesting / startling / marked contrast
有趣的 / 令人吃驚的 / 顯著的 不同 - make / highlight a contrast
做出對比 - draw a contrast
說兩個或以上的東西之間有差異
例句：
- It is easy to perceive the social and economic contrasts between the rich and the poor.
窮人跟有錢人在社會與經濟上的不同，非常明顯(易於察覺) - Green is a contrast to red.
綠色是紅色的對比 - The picnic blanket is red, making a strong contrast with the green grass around it.
紅色的野餐毯，跟其周圍的綠色草地形成反差 - In recent years, the death rate has increased, but, by contrast, the birth rate has sharply dropped.
近幾年來，死亡率上升，但，與之對比，出生率卻急劇下降 - The little white flower adjusts the contrast.
那朵白色的小花，讓色彩協調許多 - There is a marked contrast between her older sister’s character and hers.
她跟她姊姊的性格對比鮮明 - In contrast, nearly a half of the children living in lone-parent families are in poverty.
對比之下(相反地)，幾乎一半的單親家庭的孩子生活在貧困中
同義詞：
- difference 差異、不同 n.
- variance 不同、差異 n.
及物動詞：對照、對比
常見搭配詞：
- contrast A with B
將A跟B相比較他們的不同(對照)，主詞是人
例句：
- Contrasting my early writing with my later work, my mother found out I had improved a lot.
將我過去的跟現在的寫作相比，我媽媽發現我進步很大 - If you contrast fresh and dried fruits, you will find fresh fruits taste better.
如果你將新鮮水果跟乾燥水果拿來相比，你會發現新鮮水果比較好吃 - In one of his articles, he contrasts the two systems.
在他的一篇文章中，他點出這兩個系統的差異來
不及物動詞：形成對照、顯出明顯的差異
常見搭配詞：
- A contrast (strikingly) with B
A跟B形成對照，相差很大(主詞是物) - A and B contrast dramatically / sharply
A跟B迥然不同
例句：
- The style of the two writers contrast dramatically.
這兩個作家的風格截然不同 - The warmth of the sunlight contrasts with the coldness of the snow.
陽光的溫暖和雪地的冷形成鮮明對比 - Don’t believe in anyone whose actions contrast with his own words.
不要相信任何一個做與說不同的人 - The results we have got contrasts sharply with those of the experiments carried out by the other team.
我們所得到的實驗結果跟另外一個團隊的差異很大
衍生字：
- contrastive 對比的、對照的 adj. 顯示出兩個東西的不同
- contrasting 截然不同的 adj.
