the contrary
I was worried that it might be too hard for me but it turned out the contrary was true.
contrary adjective (OPPOSITE)
C1 uk /ˈkɒn.trə.ri/ us /ˈkɑːn.trɚ.i/
contrary to popular opinion uk /ˈkɒn.trə.ri/ us /ˈkɑːn.tre.ri/
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contrary adjective (NOT REASONABLE)
uk /kənˈtreə.ri/ us /kənˈtrer.i/
He doesn't really mean it - he's just being contrary.
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contrary noun [U] (THE OPPOSITE)
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Các ví dụ của contrary
contrary
The main discussion is in chapter 10, concerning opposites that are contraries, which is found at 11b32-12a25.
A positive response requires giving reasons why we should accept the claim that ' will ' and 'will not ' are contraries.
What are the contraries of these things, for which we ought to seek in order to put them right?
Two contrary approaches have been taken to this evidence.
On the contrary, it is intended to uphold authority.
As a result, such approaches seem inevitably linked to colonialism and racism, despite their practitioners' claims to the contrary.
I am assuming, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the three-voice version precedes the four-voice version.
The known items, to the contrary, do show a developmental change with age.
On the contrary, interphrasal violations were number verbal agreement between the noun and the verb.
On the contrary, the factory often provided steady work, a stable wage and a world in which with a little luck one could ascend.
Nevertheless, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, this principle seems a logical one.
Refusing to tolerate them is contrary, not complementary, to education.
Perhaps the function of counting is exactly to combine the contrary meanings of individuation and counting.
Contrary to predictions, the writers did not perform better.
The headlines ignored contrary evidence, and presented 'facts' boldly, singularly and uniformly.
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