英 [ˈkɒntrəri] 美 [ˈkɑːntreri]
adj. 相反的，相对的；乖戾的，好与人作对的；逆向的，逆行的
n. 相反的事实（或事情、情况）；对立命题，反对命题
adv. 相反地
复数contraries
contrary /ˈkɒntrərɪ/ CET4 TEM4
形容词 Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other. (观点、态度、反应) 相对立的
This view is contrary to the aims of critical social research for a number of reasons.
许多原因证明这种观点与批判性社会研究的目的截然相反。
习语 If you say that something is true contrary to other people's beliefs or opinions, you are emphasizing that it is true and that they are wrong. 与…相反
Contrary to popular belief, moderate exercise actually decreases your appetite.
与大部分人的想法相反，适度的运动实际上会降低食欲。
习语 You use on the contrary when you have just said or implied that something is not true and are going to say that the opposite is true. 恰恰相反
It is not an idea around which the community can unite. On the contrary, I see it as one that will divide us.
这不是一个可以让我们的组织团结起来的主意。恰恰相反，我看它会分裂我们。
习语 You can use on the contrary when you are disagreeing strongly with something that has just been said or implied, or are making a strong negative reply. 相反 (用于否定对方意见)
"People just don't do things like that."—"On the contrary, they do them all the time."
“人们根本就不像那样做事。” —“然而，他们却一直在那么做。”
习语 When a particular idea is being considered, evidence or statements to the contrary suggest that this idea is not true or that the opposite is true. 相反 (用于否定前面的陈述)
He continued to maintain that he did nothing wrong, despite clear evidence to the contrary.
他仍坚持认为自己没有做错，尽管有确凿的证据证明他做错了。
exact opposition
public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty
a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
very opposed in nature or character or purpose
acts contrary to our code of ethics ; the facts point to a contrary conclusion
of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms
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The result of the stress of the medial femorotibial contact area is quite the contrary.
平均压强的计算结果相反。
反对命题
...的表现，可能与基本分析的结果相一致，但也并不一定与之完全相同，某一股票的市场行为常常与基本经济所发挥的状况相反(Contrary)，一个股市的经济状况和国民经济现状可能都是好的，但这种股票的市场价格可能反而下降，相反的，国民经济的基本状况可能并不好，...
... contradict vt.反驳，否认 contrary n.反对命题 consumption n.消费（量），灭绝 ...
（在性质、倾向或方向等方面）相反的；好与人作对的 contrary beliefs 截然相反的信仰 ..
contrarious 对抗的；作对的
contrarian 做法与一般大众想法相反的投资人（如买冷门股票）；（与其他人）持相反意见者
contrariety 相反物；反对；矛盾
contrariness 反对；矛盾；乖张
contrariousness 不利；相反
I don't find him funny at all. Quite the contrary.
正相反，我觉得他一点儿也不可笑。
Contrary to popular belief , many cats dislike milk.
与普通的看法相反，许多猫不喜欢牛奶。
Contrary to expectations , interest rates did not rise.
出乎意料的是利率并未上升。
In fact,much evidence to the contrary has existed, open to their inspection.
VOA : special.2009.07.30
De Man does not believe this. De Man thinks, on the contrary, that there is such a thing as literariness.
德曼不相信这个，反之，他认为，有书面性这种东西存在。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
On the contrary, philosophy properly understood is what comes into being when one has achieved full recognition of a preexisting error.
相反，被适当地理解的哲学正是在,对前有的错误有了完整认知的时候所形成的。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
But,many Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews do not approve of the homosexual lifestyle, viewing it as contrary to Jewish law.
VOA : standard.2009.08.04
A severe respiratory illness was affecting young people, contrary to seasonal viruses that often attack the elderly.
VOA : standard.2009.12.25
On the contrary, the fastest growing social media demographic from 2012 was people ages 45-54.
Contrary to stereotypes, depression is not a state that one can simply snap out of.
FORBES: Against All Stereotypes: Stress, Depression, Recovery, and Then?
But that would have been contrary to Johnson Controls' business principles and cultural environment.
FORBES: An interview with Stephen Roell, CEO of Johnson Controls.