| 单词 | contrary |
| 释义 | contrary adjectiveverbs | adverb | preposition | phrases verbs➤be, run, seem对立；相反；似乎相反◆these results run contrary to our expectations.这些结果同我们的期望相左。◆it seems contrary to common sense.这似乎违背了常识。adverb➤completely, directly, entirely, quite, totally完全相反；截然相反；全然相对◆the new claim is directly contrary to what was originally stated.新的说法与最初的说法截然相反。➤clearly明显相反preposition➤to与⋯相反◆contrary to what the public was told, weapons were still being exported.与公众被告知的情况相反，武器还在继续出口。phrases➤contrary to expectations同预期的相反◆contrary to expectations, we didn't have any hold-ups.同预料的情况相反，我们没有遇到任何障碍。➤contrary to popular belief同普遍看法相反◆contrary to popular belief, the economy is doing well.与一般的看法相反，经济运行情况其实还不错。 contrary /kɒntrəri; name kɑːntreri/ [only before noun] (rather formal) completely different in nature（在性质上）完全相反的，截然不同的◆despite all the contrary evidence, they still believed that the earth was flat.尽管有那么多反面证据，他们依然认为地球是平的。◆the contrary view is that prison provides an excellent education－in crime.截然不同的看法是，监狱提供了极好的教育 － 犯罪教育。note 辨析 opposite or contrary? contrary is a more formal word than opposite and has a narrower range of collocates. opposite can describe both physical things such as the sides of a object or area and abstract things such as opinions. collocates of opposite include direction, side, end, corner, extreme, effect and sex. contrary only describes abstract things and its collocates include opinion, view, intention, argument and evidence.与 opposite 相比，contrary 较正式，搭配词的范围较窄。opposite 既可描述实物，如物体的侧面或场地的边侧，也可描述意见等抽象的事物。opposite 的搭配词有 direction、side、end、corner、extreme、effect 和 sex。contrary 只描述抽象的事物，搭配词有 opinion、view、intention、argument 和 evidence。contrary¹/ˈkɒntrəri; us -trerɪ ||; ˈkɑntrɛrɪ/adj1. (only before a noun 只用于名词前) completely different; opposite 完全不同的；相反的: ◇i thought it was possible, but she took the contrary view. 我认为行得通，但她的看法相反。 2. contrary to completely different from; opposite to; against 完全不同于；与…相反；反对；违反: ◇ contrary to popular belief (= to what many people think), not all boxers are stupid. 跟许多人的看法相反，不是所有的拳击手都是很笨的。 contrary²/ˈkɒntrəri; us -trerɪ ||; ˈkɑntrɛrɪ/nounon the contrary the opposite is true; certainly not 相反；反而: ◇‘you look as if you're not enjoying yourself.’ ‘on the contrary, i'm having a great time.’ “你看来玩得不太开心。”“才不，我玩得很高兴。” to the contrary(formal 正式) saying the opposite 与之相反: ◇unless i hear anything to the contrary, i shall assume that the arrangements haven't changed. 除非接到更改的通知，否则我就认为安排不变。 contrary• ⇨ on the contrary☞ contrary¹☞ contrary² |
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