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counterpart
['kaʊntɚ`pɑrt]
n., 复, 配,

[] 副, 正副

  1. I racked my memory in vain for its counterpart in literature: perhaps you could think of one.
    绞尽脑汁
  2. One that is foreshadowed by or identified with an earlier symbol or type, such as a figure in the New Testament who has a counterpart in the Old Testament.
    形先模型形,《新形象
  3. Night is the counterpart of day.
    黑夜




counterpart
[ noun ]
  1. a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another

  2. <noun.cognition>
  3. a duplicate copy

  4. <noun.artifact>




Counterpart \Coun"ter*part`\ (koun"t[~e]r*p[aum]rt`), n.
1. A part corresponding to another part; anything which
answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate;
a facsimile.

In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the
laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it
were, copies or counterparts one of another. --Sir
M. Hale.

2. (Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a
duplicate.

3. A person who closely resembles another.

4. A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit
perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing
which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements
it; that which serves to complete or complement anything;
hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in
another; an opposite.

O counterpart
Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords.
--Dryden.