contrary

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈkɒn.trə.ri]
• 美式音标 [ˈkɑːn.tre.ri]
• 国际音标 ['kɔntrəri]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.相反的
• n.对立或相反的事物
• adv.相反地，矛盾地

词源解说

• 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的contrarius，意为矛盾的，对抗的。

词根记忆

• contra(反) + ry→相反的，逆的
• contra(相反) + ry(表性质)→相反的

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  contrarious：对抗的；作对的。

• adv性质的同根词

  contrarily：相反地；反之；反对地。

  contrariwise：反之，相反；顽固地。

  contrariously：相反地；不利地。

• n性质的同根词

  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。

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用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• contrary用作形容词时,基本意思是“相反的,相违的”,指在性质、倾向或方向等上与某事物或某人完全相反的,引申可表示“逆风的,不利的,不作美的,不合人意的”; 亦可作“顽固的,固执的,倔强的”解,此时发音为［kən'treəri］ 。

n. (名词)

• contrary用作名词时,多和定冠词the连用且用单数形式,表示“相反,反面,对立面”。

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英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• “Black” and “white” are contrary terms.
  黑和白是两个相对的概念。

n. +～

• She can swim in a direction contrary to the current.
  她能在逆流中游泳。

用作表语: S+be+～

• He was asked to leave kindergarten for being contrary.
  因为脾气犟,不让他上幼儿园了。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• My sister's taste in dresses is contrary to my own.
  在服装方面,我妹妹的爱好和我完全不同。

用作名词 (n.)

• They did not say the contrary.
  他们没有说意思相反的话。

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• contrary current 逆流
• contrary wind 逆风

副词+～

• directly contrary 正相反

～+介词

• contrary to 违背…的

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• prove the contrary 证明相反

介词+～

• on the contrary 正相反
• to the contrary 相反

短语

• contrary class [统计]反组;对立组
• contrary sign 异号;[数]相异号;相反符号
• contrary choice 逆向选择

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• the opposite
• (OPPOSITE) opposite
• (NOT REASONABLE) A contrary person wants to disagree with and annoy other people.

柯林斯英英字典

• Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• contrary剑桥字典
• contrary柯林斯字典

专业释义

医药科学

• 相反

  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。

  数学

• 反对命题