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juxtaposition

/juhk-stuh-puh-zish-uhn/US // ˌdʒʌk stə pəˈzɪʃ ən //

并列式,并列,并置,并列性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
    • : the state of being close together or side by side.

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Examples

  • The juxtaposition of the cube’s probable origins to its more recent fate is not lost on Schwantes.

  • In particular, Lorde excelled in exploiting the juxtaposition between the major root and the minor sixth chord on songs like “Supercut” and “Perfect Places,” creating a sour-sweet effect aligning with her lyrical mood shifts and expansive vision.

  • To make that point, they presented a series of juxtapositions that seemed almost too perfect in their brazen hypocrisy.

  • So much of the show and the book are about juxtaposition—two different subjects who you would never imagine being put in the same room, but they really work together.

  • When judging the contest, I gravitated toward entries that were not just ingenious juxtapositions of words -- someone sent in an uncannily accurate total paraphrase of Macbeth’s “sound and fury” soliloquy -- but were also funny.

  • The juxtaposition planted a story of association on websites that touted both men for their talks.

  • This was an early influence too in terms of the weird juxtaposition of laugh-out-loud comedy mixed with really horrific sequences.

  • Regardless, The Blood Telegram offers a nuanced yet unflinching look at the juxtaposition of geopolitics and humanitarian crisis.

  • “I love the juxtaposition between sexy, corset-details and these incredibly beautiful fabrics,” she said.

  • Her yen for juxtaposition of pretty and ugly, water and tar, public and private, can be seen in the smallest moments.

  • To any one thoroughly familiar with the Arthurian romances, the juxtaposition of these three names is extremely significant.

  • In the juxtaposition of Samuel Meredith's features this quality was so strong that it influenced his entire life.

  • These aphorisms formed, says Littr, "a succession of propositions in juxtaposition, but not united."

  • A writer exhibits clear and undeniable differences between two American tribes in geographical juxtaposition to one another.

  • He did not put the alternatives so much in juxtaposition as I have; but they lay certainly in that manner on his thoughts.