| 单词 | counterpart |
| 释义 | counterpart (once / 919 pages) n If you leap tall buildings in a single bound for the Des Moines branch of your corporation, then your Metropolis counterpart might be Superman. That means you and Superman do similar jobs, but in different locations. The noun counterpart comes from the French word countre part, meaning “duplicate of a legal document.” In legal circles counterpart still means "a duplicate document," but today it is more likely to describe people. Counterparts aren't duplicates, of course, but they have similar skills and responsibilities. If you play soccer, your counterpart is the player on the other team who plays the same position. WORD FAMILYcounterpart: counterparts+/forepart: foreparts/part: counterpart, forepart, parted, partial, parting, partitive, parts, subpart, underpart/partial: partiality, partially, partialness, partials/partiality: partialities/parting: partings/partitive: partitively, partitives/subpart: subparts/underpart: underparts USAGE EXAMPLESIn addition, Rossello pledged to provide female government employees with the same pay as their male counterparts. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Women were consistently evaluated more harshly than their male counterparts and were penalized to a greater degree if they were unwilling to help. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) A US study claims that female physicians kill fewer patients than their male counterparts. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another Syn|Hypo|Hyper opposite number, vis-a-vis match something that resembles or harmonizes with mismatcha bad or unsuitable match complementeither of two parts that mutually complete each other equivalent a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc 2n a duplicate copy Syn|Hyper similitude, twin duplicate, duplication a copy that corresponds to an original exactly |
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