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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

contrariety

/kon-truh-rahy-i-tee/US // ˌkɒn trəˈraɪ ɪ ti //UK // (ˌkɒntrəˈraɪətɪ) //

反差,矛盾,矛盾性,对比性

Related Words

polarity极性,极限性,极限,极性问题contradistinction矛盾,区别,对比,矛盾性antithesis对立面,对立统一,对偶,反义词contradiction矛盾,矛盾冲突,矛盾的,悖论contrariness矛盾,对立面,对立,矛盾性contrast对比,对照,对比度,对比一下oppositeness对立性,对立面,反对性,异性contraposition矛盾,矛盾冲突,对比,矛盾点

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·tra·ri·e·ties for 2.

    • : the quality or state of being contrary.
    • : something contrary or of opposite character; a contrary fact or statement.
    • : Logic. the relation between contraries.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounopposition
Synonyms
antithesis对立面,对立统一,对偶,反义词contradiction矛盾,矛盾冲突,矛盾的,悖论contradistinction矛盾,区别,对比,矛盾性contrariness矛盾,对立面,对立,矛盾性contrast对比,对照,对比度,对比一下oppositeness对立性,对立面,反对性,异性polarity极性,极限性,极限,极性问题contraposition矛盾,矛盾冲突,对比,矛盾点

Examples

  • Concerning the disease, there was great contrariety of opinion among medical men.

  • But it isn't particularly reasonable to talk of the contrariety of fate if they both get hit.

  • The same contrariety in his members seemed to exist throughout the whole man.

  • And yet the extensive contrariety between the old and the new is admitted.

  • With that unerring instinct of contrariety that never seemed to forsake him, Borrow proceeded to learn, not law but Welsh.

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