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black-and-white
形容事物只有黑白或灰度、没有彩色,也可比喻把复杂问题硬分成两个对立面,缺少中间地带。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一张画面被压缩成黑、白和中间的灰:它可以指照片或屏幕没有彩色;再把这种“只剩两极”的画面搬到思想上,就表示把人或问题简单分成对与错、敌与友,不接受灰色地带。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握它表示黑白或灰度画面的字面义,再记住它常用来批评过分二分、僵化的看法。
- 不要把比喻义理解成单纯的“清楚明白”;它往往暗含忽略复杂性和中间立场的意思。
📖 中文释义
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core 黑白的;灰度的📖 描述艺术作品、照片或摄影采用黑、白和灰的层次,而不是使用其他颜色。这里的重点是画面没有彩色,不是说画面内容一定简单。💡 常用句型是“black-and-white + photograph/picture/image”或“a photograph in black and white”。它既可放在名词前作定语,也可放在系动词后作表语;不要把它误解为只有纯黑和纯白,灰色层次通常也包括在内。She keeps a black-and-white photograph of her grandparents on the desk.她把一张祖父母的黑白照片放在书桌上。
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common 黑白显示的📖 描述电视、显示器等只能以黑、白和灰度显示图像,而不能显示彩色。它强调的是设备的显示方式,不是节目或画面的主题。💡 常用句型是“a black-and-white television/monitor/screen”或“the screen is black-and-white”。它主要用于说明设备或显示模式,和描述照片时的用法相同;不要把屏幕暂时变暗误说成这种状态。The old television in the hotel room was black-and-white.旅馆房间里的那台旧电视只能显示黑白画面。
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core 非黑即白的;二元对立的📖 比喻把人、事物或观点只分成两个互相排斥的极端,例如完全正确或完全错误,不承认中间情况。它通常是在批评这种僵化、过于简单的判断方式。💡 常用句型是“a black-and-white view/approach/argument”或“see something in black and white”。作定语时放在名词前,也可说某人的看法“is black-and-white”;用于抽象问题时通常带负面评价,不等于“表达清楚”。figuratively idiomaticThe issue is more complicated than a black-and-white argument about who is right.这个问题比简单争论谁对谁错要复杂得多。He sees every disagreement in black and white.他把每一次分歧都看成非黑即白的问题。
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common black and white的连字符写法📖 这是“black and white”作为形容词时的另一种写法,核心仍是“只有两种对立面”或“黑白的”这一概念;含义不因去掉连字符而改变。💡 在名词前作复合形容词时,尤其在正式编辑中,常写成“black-and-white + 名词”;在表语或固定表达中也常见不加连字符的“black and white”。阅读时要把两种写法视为同一表达,不能因为连字符不同就当成两个词。alt-of alternativeHer view of the dispute is black and white, with no room for compromise.她看待这场争端的态度非黑即白,完全没有妥协的余地。
more black-and-white
comparative
most black-and-white
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 3 组
not having or not capable of producing colors; ;
同义词集:
black-and-white
black and white(p)
black-and-white film
a black-and-white TV
the movie was in black and white
反义: color, colour
of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories; ;
同义词集:
black-and-white
he rejected a black-and-white world
there are no black-and-white certainties
there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white
近似: divided
lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black; ;
同义词集:
black-and-white
a black-and-white cow
black-and-white blooms
black-and-white stripes
🔄 变式
more black-and-white
compar
most black-and-white
superl
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