Contrary
['kɒntrərɪ] or ['kɑntrɛri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false.
(noun.) exact opposition; 'public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty'.
(adj.) resistant to guidance or discipline; 'Mary Mary quite contrary'; 'an obstinate child with a violent temper'; 'a perverse mood'; 'wayward behavior' .
(adj.) very opposed in nature or character or purpose; 'acts contrary to our code of ethics'; 'the facts point to a contrary conclusion' .
(adj.) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; '`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms' .
德洛丽丝整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
(a.) Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
(a.) Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
(a.) Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
(n.) A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
(n.) An opponent; an enemy.
(n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1.
(n.) See Contraries.
錄入:厄普顿
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Opposite, opposing, adverse, opposed, counter.[2]. Antagonistic, conflicting, contradictory, counteracting, retroactive, repugnant.[3]. Perverse, humorsome, wayward, obstinate, stubborn, headstrong, refractory, unruly.
編輯:威尔玛
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Opposed, opposite, repugnant, antagonistic, adverse, incompatible,inconsistent
ANT:Agreeing, consentaneous, compatible, kindred, coincident, consistent
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解釋/意思:
adj. opposite: contradictory—Contra′riant (rare).—n. a thing that is contrary or of opposite qualities.—n.pl. Con′traries things opposite in quality: (logic) propositions which destroy each other.—n. Contrarī′ety opposition: inconsistency.—adv. Con′trarily.—n. Con′trariness.—adj. Contrā′rious showing contrariety: repugnant: opposite.—advs. Contrā′riously contrarily; Con′trariwise on the contrary way or side: on the other hand.
手打:卡尔
例句/造句/用法:
- It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He may not give pleasure, he may not bring comfort, but, on the contrary, may make those to whose hearts he comes very unhappy. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- On the contrary, said Holmes quietly; I have every reason to believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I felt as if, from the order of the systematic world, I had plunged into chaos, obscure, contrary, unintelligible. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Not that I complain, sir, of the eye of business being distrustful; quite the contrary. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Hannah, on the contrary, demanded no respect, only flattery. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Whatever is absurd is unintelligible; nor is it possible for the imagination to conceive any thing contrary to a demonstration. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- A most contrary circumstance it is, for I want certain information out of that girl, and she must be brought to reason somehow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Its agriculture, manufactures, and trade, on the contrary, the annual produce of its land and labour, have evidently been augmented. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Quite the contrary, my love. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- If it fails on its merits, he doesn't worry or fret about it, but, on the contrary, regards it as a useful fact learned; remains cheerful and tries something else. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- On the contrary,' returned Mr. Gradgrind. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I have heard nothing to the contrary, answered Julia. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- In summer the contrary. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It goes by contraries, like dreaMs.' Gerald pondered for a few moments. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Sit ye down, and give me your forgiveness for having ever been a worrit to you, Dan'l--what have my contraries ever been to this! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Those who are to be unhappy, think and speak only of the contraries. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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