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juxtaposed

/juhk-stuh-pohzd, juhk-stuh-pohzd/US // ˈdʒʌk stəˌpoʊzd, ˌdʒʌk stəˈpoʊzd //

并列的,并排的,并置的,并列

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : placed or appearing close together or side by side, especially with an arresting or surprising effect, or in a way that invites comparison or contrast:The director handles the juxtaposed strands of the movie deftly, interweaving psychological intrigue with smartly observed comedy.

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Examples

  • This technique allowed Mehring to juxtapose color fields — in this case, gold and blue — with simple geometric shapes.

  • This metaphor raises a lot of questions when juxtaposed with the rest of the lyrics of the song.

  • And at Waddesdon Manor last year, items were placed in certain places, juxtaposed with objects that look entirely different.

  • And, while there are many startlingly violent scenes, they are juxtaposed with beauteous ones.

  • He piques all your senses, but the details are further juxtaposed with raw descriptions of suffering and death.

  • It is against their wholeness that the incomplete impressions of the recent past or present are juxtaposed.

  • Their body is compressed and not covered with ordinary scales, but with small juxtaposed scutes.

  • Thus it happened that in Eustacia's brain were juxtaposed the strangest assortment of ideas, from old time and from new.

  • One could not react too carefully juxtaposed against glaring opposites in a universe filled with few resolutions.

  • This military criticism and technical discussion juxtaposed to the epic prelude and the epic sequel is a clever device enough.

  • The two things—elements—don't somehow illustrate each other, and are juxtaposed only by the terrible globe-shrinkage.