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be contrary to sth
常用于表示比较两个事物的对立关系。
Her actions are contrary to her words.
她的行为与她的言语相反。
相反的；对立的；矛盾的
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相反的；对立的；矛盾的
Opposite or opposed; contradictory.
Her actions are contrary to her words.
她的行为与她的言语相反。
相反的；相对的；对立的；不利的
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
对立的；矛盾的；不一致的
Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
好反对的；任性的；不顺从的
Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not native to the North Pole.
与普遍看法相反，企鹅并非原产于北极。
She always takes the contrary position just to provoke debate.
她总是持相反立场，只是为了引起争论。
The results of the experiment were contrary to our initial hypothesis.
实验结果与我们最初的假设相反。
常用于表示比较两个事物的对立关系。
Her actions are contrary to her words.
她的行为与她的言语相反。
直接修饰名词，表示性质相反。
They presented contrary evidence in court.
他们在法庭上提出了相反的证据。
形式主语结构，强调行为与某事物的对立。
It is contrary to the rules to park here.
在此停车是违反规定的。
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与…相反
His actions are contrary to our principles.
他的行为与我们的原则相悖。
相反意见
The committee heard a contrary opinion from the expert.
委员会听取了专家的相反意见。
相反证据
The lawyer presented contrary evidence to the jury.
律师向陪审团出示了相反证据。
相反观点
Despite the majority, a contrary view was expressed.
尽管占多数，仍有人表达了相反观点。
与普遍看法相反
Contrary to popular belief, this animal is not dangerous.
与普遍看法相反，这种动物并不危险。
逆风
The ship struggled against contrary winds.
船只顶着逆风艰难行驶。
相反地
He thought it would be easy; on the contrary, it was very difficult.
他以为这很容易，相反地，这非常困难。
与普遍看法相反
Contrary to popular belief, not all sharks are dangerous.
与普遍看法相反，并非所有鲨鱼都是危险的。
与……相反
Contrary to expectations, the project was completed early.
与预期相反，项目提前完成了。
恰恰相反，除非正义如江河滚滚，公义如溪流奔涌，否则我们不会满足。
Contrary to what some might think, Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech was not passive but demanded action.
与某些人的想法相反，马丁·路德·金的演讲并非被动，而是要求行动。
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把contrary拆成contra（反对）和ry，想象两人背向而行，意思就是相反的。
多用于正式或书面语境，常以be contrary to形式表示‘与…相反’。
常与to连用表示'与...相反'
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