单词 | counterpart |
释义 | counterpartWord family noun part counterpart parting partition adjective partial parting part verb part partition adverb part partially partly coun·ter·part /ˈkaʊntəpɑːt $ -tərpɑːrt/ ●○○ noun [countableC] SAMEsomeone or something that has the same job or purpose as someone or something else in a different place 职务相当的人;作用相当的事物 somebody’s counterpart Belgian officials are discussing this with their French counterparts. 比利时官员与法国同级官员正在讨论此事。 Examples from the Corpus counterpart• In turn, their active counterparts work with renewed energy and pray for them.• Bars in Madrid offer more, and better, food than their American counterparts.• Wilzcek agreed that the newer, West Coast institutions probably put more emphasis on science than their more traditional East Coast counterparts.• In this respect orthodox medicine may have placed itself at some disadvantage to its complementary counterparts.• In general, the provincial circuit is a far tougher cookie than its metropolitan counterpart.• Eighteenth-century urban dwellers lived in much worse conditions than their modern counterparts.• Belgian government officials are discussing the matter with their counterparts in France.• For the most part, black sportsmen accept that they have advantages, in an unspecified way, over their white counterparts. From Longman Business Dictionary counterpartcoun·ter·part /ˈkaʊntəpɑːt-tərpɑːrt/ noun [countableC] someone or something that has the same job or purpose as someone or something in a different place American chief executives are paid far more than their counterparts in the UK. |
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