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。
用法辨析
- 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] 。
- 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”。
adj. (形容词)
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- “Black” and “white” are contrary terms.
黑和白是两个相对的概念。 - She can swim in a direction contrary to the current.
她能在逆流中游泳。 - He was asked to leave kindergarten for being contrary.
因为脾气犟,不让他上幼儿园了。 - 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。 - They did not say the contrary.
他们没有说意思相反的话。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
n. +~
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- contrary current 逆流
- contrary wind 逆风
- directly contrary 正相反
- contrary to 违背…的
- prove the contrary 证明相反
- on the contrary 正相反
- to the contrary 相反
- 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
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
副词+~
~+介词
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
介词+~
短语
英英字典
- the opposite
- (OPPOSITE) opposite
- (NOT REASONABLE) A contrary person wants to disagree with and annoy other people.
- 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.
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专业释义
- 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