contrariness

音标发音

• 英式音标 [kənˈtreə.ri.nəs]
• 美式音标 [kənˈtrer.i.nəs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.反对；矛盾；乖张

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• I’m feeling the pleasures of contrariness, too.
  我还感受到了矛盾心理带给我的愉悦。
• This list wouldn’t be complete without some contrariness: While you’re avoiding excessive packaging, don’t pay more to do it if you don’t have the budget for it .
  有点矛盾这个列表才会完善： 当你尽力不用多余包装的时候，如果你的预算不够千万不要放过多精力在上面。
• With me, nothing illustrates the contrariness of things better than the matter of sleep.
  在我看来，没有什么比睡眠更能说明事物间的矛盾。

权威例句

• L. Mencken, who became an early mentor and whose cigar-waving directness and contrariness appealed to him.
  NEWYORKER: This Woman’s Work
• Besides delivering quality work, Dawson has stayed in business by practicing cyclical contrariness.
  FORBES: Optimistic on oil
• Sometimes I thought I did remember, but out of contrariness or fear of getting things wrong I pretended not to.
  NEWYORKER: Gravel

词组短语

短语

• contrariness perverseness 乖张
• Contrariness of the Tea -kettles 叛逆的茶壶

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• the quality of being someone who intentionally wants to disagree with and annoy other people

专业释义

语言学

• 乖张

数学

• 反对命题