counterpart

Word family  noun part counterpart parting partition adjective partial parting part verb part partition adverb part partially partly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++coun·ter·part /ˈkaʊntəpɑːt $ -tərpɑːrt/ ●○○ noun [countable]  SAMEsomeone or something that has the same job or purpose as someone or something else in a different place 职务相当的人；作用相当的事物somebody’s counterpart Belgian officials are discussing this with their French counterparts. 比利时官员与法国同级官员正在讨论此事。

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counterpart• In turn, their active counterparts work with renewed energy and pray for them.• Bars in Madrid offer more, and better, food than their American counterparts.• Wilzcek agreed that the newer, West Coast institutions probably put more emphasis on science than their more traditional East Coast counterparts.• In this respect orthodox medicine may have placed itself at some disadvantage to its complementary counterparts.• In general, the provincial circuit is a far tougher cookie than its metropolitan counterpart.• Eighteenth-century urban dwellers lived in much worse conditions than their modern counterparts.• Belgian government officials are discussing the matter with their counterparts in France.• For the most part, black sportsmen accept that they have advantages, in an unspecified way, over their white counterparts.From Longman Business Dictionarycounterpartcoun‧ter‧part /ˈkaʊntəpɑːt-tərpɑːrt/ noun [countable] someone or something that has the same job or purpose as someone or something in a different placeAmerican chief executives are paid far more than their counterparts in the UK.

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counterpart
coun‧ter‧part /ˈkaʊntəpɑːt $ -tərpɑːrt/ noun [countable]someone or something that has the same job or purpose as someone or something else in a different place
    sb’s counterpart
    Belgian officials are discussing this with their French counterparts.

coun·ter·partBrE /ˈkaʊntəpɑːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkaʊntərpɑːrt/ 🔊 nouna person or thing that has the same position or function as sb/sth else in a different place or situation 职位（或作用）相当的人；对应的事物◆The Foreign Minister held talks with his Chinese counterpart. 外交部长与中国的同级官员举行了会谈。🔊🔊◆The women's shoe, like its male counterpart, is specifically designed for the serious tennis player. 像同类的男款鞋一样，这款女鞋是专为认真从事网球运动的人设计的。🔊🔊  ➡  compare your opposite number at opposite adjective