counterpoint

noun

1. 对位法，对位（各声部互相结合）
   the combination of two or more tunes played together to form a single piece of music
   1. The two melodies are played in counterpoint.
      用对位法来演奏这两首曲调。
2. 复调
   a tune played in combination with another one
3. 惬意（或有趣）的对比
   a pleasing or interesting contrast
   1. This work is in austere counterpoint to that of Gaudi.
      这件作品的质朴风格与高迪的形成了有趣的对比。

verb

1. 用…作对比；与…形成对比
   to contrast sth with sth else; to form a contrast with sth

1. N-COUNT 有趣的对比
   Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
   1. Paris is just a short train journey away, providing the perfect counterpoint to the peace and quiet of Reims.
      从这儿到巴黎坐火车一会儿就到，那里与兰斯的宁静平和相比却又是另一番景象。
2. VERB 与…形成有趣的对比
   If one thing counterpoints another, it contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
   1. A good sharp dressing counterpointed the sweetness of the dried fruit.
      味道浓烈的上好调味品和香甜的干果形成有趣的对比。
3. N-UNCOUNT (音乐的)对位法，对位
   In music, counterpoint is a technique in which two or more different tunes are played together at the same time.
   1. ...lessons in counterpoint and harmony.
      对位及和声课

1. Paris is just a short train journey away, providing the perfect counterpoint to the peace and quiet of Reims.
   从这儿到巴黎坐火车一会儿就到，那里与兰斯的宁静平和相比却又是另一番景象。
2. A good sharp dressing counterpointed the sweetness of the dried fruit.
   味道浓烈的上好调味品和香甜的干果形成有趣的对比。
3. But what's often overlooked is a common-sense counterpoint: in some circumstances, it can be good for you, too.
   普通的感觉点常常：在某些情况中，同样对你来说也是好事。
4. I felt a formless faith when I rode through summerwoods, when I heard the counterpoint of breaking waves, when I held a flower in my hand.
   当我骑马穿过夏日的树林，当我聆听着浪花翻滚的韵律，当我手中握着一朵鲜花时，我感觉到一种无形的信念。
5. Mr. Lee also worked with the set designer Boris Aronson ( no relation to Arnold Aronson), who Dr. Aronson said introduced nonobjective art movements into the American theater, providing an important counterpoint to the poetic realism of Mielziner.
   李名觉还跟舞台设计师鲍里斯·亚伦森（BorisAronson，与阿诺德·亚伦森没有关系）合作过。亚伦森博士说鲍里斯·亚伦森把抽象艺术运动带入了美国戏剧界，提供了一种与梅尔齐纳的诗意现实主义相反的重要方法。
6. In the distance wolves picked up hischant and cast it back in howling counterpoint.
   远处的山中的野狼们听到了他的吟唱，本能的发出嚎叫相回应。
7. Routine, as a reasonable counterpoint to corporate gene, has played an important role during this process.
   惯例作为企业基因的合理对应物在这一过程起到了最为关键的作用。
8. True love is your soul's recognition of its counterpoint in another.
   真爱就是两小我私家在一起心心相印。
9. The painting portrayed the beauty of nature as counterpoint to that of a human body.
   这幅画将自然美作为人体美的对比物。
10. To write or arrange ( music) in counterpoint.
    用对位法写或安排（音乐）
11. This commentary, counterpoint, and debate is worth pondering.
    这篇评论之对比观点及讨论值得仔细考虑。
12. In trying out what we musicians call counterpoint.
    尝试我们音乐人叫对位法。
13. During the last year of his life Schubert sought out a counterpoint teacher and took lessons.
    舒伯特在他有生最后一年找到一位对位法老师上课。
14. ( fig) The dark curtains make an interesting counterpoint to ( ie contrast with) the lighter walls.
    深色的窗帘与浅色的墙壁形成有趣的对比。
15. The transparency and openness of the new part is a deliberate counterpoint to the introverted Edwardian house with its dark central corridor.
    翻修后的后部建筑更加透明和开敞，与原来爱德华七世时代含蓄的室内风格以及深色而阴暗的中央走道形成鲜明对比。
16. The Christian Church had been concerned the development of counterpoint technique since counterpoint music come into being.
    西方基督教教会自复调音乐产生以来，对复调技法的发展一直抱以十分关注的态度。
17. At he edge of a nearby canal, donkeys laden with freshly harvested alfalfa waited for their masters to lead them home, braying a fretful counterpoint to the steady thud of an irrigation pump.
    在附近一条水渠旁，驴子背上驮着刚割的苜蓿，等着主人牵它们回家去，一面发出一阵阵急促的叫声，和浇地的水泵不断发出的突突声交织在一起。
18. Many critics of Eamily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights see its second part as a counterpoint.
    许多艾米丽.勃朗特的小说《呼啸山庄》的评论家把小说的第二部分看作一种对比（对照物）。
19. He is my counterpoint in some respects because I have a very direct western style and can get in people's faces.
    在某些方面他正好与我形成对比，因为我是非常直接的西方作风，可能会伤到别人的面子。
20. It is a counterpoint and counter-profit teaching model.
    联合办学是一种对位、共赢的教学模式。
21. The aroma of peach, orange and almond is ideal counterpoint;
    桃子、橘子和杏仁的芳香气味均衡完整；
22. The two melodies are played in counterpoint.
    用对位法来演奏这两首曲调。
23. But hedge funds-far from providing only a lively counterpoint to the index-focused mainstream-are also acquiring a pivotal role in determining securities prices, for two main reasons.
    对冲基金提供了与注重指数的主流投资方式相对应的活跃投资途径，但远不止如此，它们还获得了决定证券价格的关键角色。
24. Modern Passacaglia Counterpoint and Harmony Patterns ( continued);
    现代帕萨卡里亚对位与和声形态（二）
25. Margaret chose a counterpoint life filled with tortuous romances and unabashed indulgence.
    玛格丽特公主选择的是一种充满曲折恋情和极度奢华的生活。
26. In between songs, for counterpoint, I would talk to them in Henrys voice, and gradually they came to believe& or abandon their sense of disbelief.
    我一边唱歌，一边用亨利的口气和她们说话，她们便逐渐地相信了，或者说不再怀疑了。
27. Richard and Bolingbroke ultimately represent two types of souls or distinct aspects of the soul that must be amalgamated in a single man, achieving the soul's harmony by counterpoint.
    理查和波林勃洛克最终代表了两类灵魂或同一灵魂完全不同的两半。他们必须结合在一个人身上，取长补短才能达到灵魂的和谐。
28. Analytical Novel with Contrapuntal Counterpoint& To Interpret Milan Kundera's Novels from the Art of Plot
    剖析性的对位式复调小说&从情节艺术角度解读米兰·昆德拉小说
29. Relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint.
    关于对位，有对位特征，或依照对位规则。
30. The counterpoint of slower reserve accumulation is less reserve diversification activity away from the dollar in favour of other major currencies.
    对应储备累积放缓，从美元转向其它主要货币的外汇多样化措施变少。

noun

1. a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies

verb

1. write in counterpoint
   1. Bach perfected the art of counterpointing

2. to show differences when compared
   1. the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities

   Synonym:    contrast