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单词 contrair
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contrairadj.n.adv.prep.

Forms: Middle English contrare, Middle English–1600s contrar, contraire, Middle English contrayre, contreyre, contraier, contraer, 1500s–1800s contrair.
Etymology: < French contraire (11th cent.) < Latin contrārius contrary adj., n., adv., and prep. (Originally stressed conˈtrair.)
Chiefly Scottish; now only dialect.
A. adj.
contrary adj., n., adv., and prep., opposed, opposite.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective]
contrariousc1290
contraryinga1340
contrary1340
adversarya1382
overthwartc1384
contrairc1400
contrariantc1400
adverse1418
repugnantc1443
thwarting1530
pugnant1537
opposite1577
haggard1578
impugnant1579
kim-kam1582
antagonist1591
adversative1595
counter1596
opposing1597
antipathetical1601
thwart1601
aversed1609
aversive1609
adversarious1622
averse1623
antipathousa1625
inimicitious1641
opponent1641
negative1642
gainstanding1674
antithetic1753
opposed1784
oppositional1829
transversive1855
oppositionary1905
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective]
contrarious1340
contraryc1340
contrairc1400
repugnant1425
reverse1481
contrariant1530
cross1565
obversant1579
thwart1601
retrogradea1616
pugnant1645
antipathic1830
antithetical1848
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable
contrariousc1320
bada1325
contraryinga1340
adversea1393
frowarda1400
contrairc1400
fremd1423
adversant?a1425
sinister1432
perversea1450
undisposed1456
sinistral?a1475
contrary1477
favourless1509
unfriendlya1513
thwarting1530
wayward?1544
contrariant1548
disfavourable1561
cross1565
unindifferent1565
sinistrous1566
haggard1578
unkindly1579
backward1582
awkward1587
improsperous1598
thwart1610
unpropitious1613
averted1619
untoward1621
averse1623
impropitious1638
sinister1726
unfavourable1748
untowardly1756
unfavouring1835
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 266 [Þay] controeued agayn kynde contrare werkez.
c1400 Rom. Rose 5414 Froward Fortune and contraire.
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxv How Troilus was contrayre For to ascende up on loue stayre.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 129 b Contrar to pryde is humilitie.
1629 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. vi. 50 I fear the Lord be my contrair party.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 28 The contrary party was too strong for them.
1707 Duke of Athol in Vulpone 21 Which..is contrair to the Fundamental Laws of this Nation.
1801 R. Gall Tint Quey 173 He was as contrair's night's frae day.
B. n.
a. The opposite or contrary adj., n., adv., and prep.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the contrary
the contraryc1250
contrairc1386
contradictory1840
counter1871
c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 267 It is reproef, and contrair of honour, For to be halde a comun hasardour.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 461 To weng ye harme and ye contrer At yat fele folk and pautener Dyd till sympill folk.
1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. B2 Wo be to thame, that dois knaw Godds wourd, syne dois the contrar schaw.
1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 7 To obey God..rather then man commanding the contraire.
b. by or to the contrair: on the contrary. in the contrair: on or to the contrary. in (the) contrair of or to: in opposition to, in spite of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > on the contrary
thereagaina1023
here-againc1200
here-againsta1250
contra1362
againwardc1384
otherwisea1393
on the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary)1393
thereagainsta1400
in the contrairc1400
in opposite?a1425
e conversoc1425
contrariwise1480
again?1531
contrarilyc1540
contrary1549
per contra1554
contrariways1588
contradistinctly1623
by or to the contrair1640
counter1662
oppositely1681
on the reverse1753
e contra1815
obversely1869
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > to the contrary
to (in) the contrary1512
in the contrairc1565
e contra1782
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 4 Fayre formez myȝt he fynde..& in þe contrare, kark & combraunce huge.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 1073 in Poems (1981) 44 This hound off hell, He werryit hes my lamb..in contrair to ȝour cry.
c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (Jam.) Schamfullie hanged..notwithstanding the kingis commandement in the contrair.
a1587 Mary Queen of Scots in Keith Hist. 333 (Jam.) In case he permitted thir lords to prevail in our contrare.
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 18 Dec. (1855) 140 He never concurred in nothing that concernes the publict, bot be the contrair doeth controll the parochinares proceidings.
1641 Act of Oblivion in Neal Hist. Purit. (1733) II. 483 His Majesty..promises..never to come in the Contrair of this Statute.
1748 Lady J. Douglas Stewart Let. Dk. Douglas 7 Aug. (1767) 3 But to the contrair have regretted my ill fortune.
C. adv.
Contrariwise.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > vice versa
againwardslOE
againward1340
econtrary1512
arsy-versy1542
econverse1547
e contra1548
contrariwise1570
contrair1596
e contrario1599
vice versa1601
backward1607
conversively1607
contrarily1656
convertibly1692
the other way1692
reversely1726
conversely1806
vicey-versey1858
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 20 This kynde is verie rid, with black spotis amang, or contrare.
D. prep.
Against, in opposition to.
ΚΠ
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 658 That is al contrare our entent.
1578 Psalm lxxvii, in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 110 Speikand contrair thy godly Majesty.
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 18 Dec. (1855) 140 Ane ordinar murmurer..contraire the proceidings of the Estaites.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

contrairv.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s contrare.
Etymology: < contrair adj.; or < French contrarier (11th cent. in Littré).
Obsolete.
transitive. To oppose, thwart.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]
withgo743
to go again ——OE
withsayc1175
again-goc1275
withsitc1300
thwarta1325
to go against ——a1382
counter1382
repugnc1384
adversea1393
craba1400
gainsaya1400
movec1400
overthwart?a1425
to put (also set) one's face againsta1425
traversea1425
contrairc1425
to take again ——c1425
contraryc1430
to take against ——a1450
opposec1485
again-seta1500
gain?a1500
oppone1500
transverse1532
to come up against1535
heave at1546
to be against1549
encounter1549
to set shoulder against1551
to fly in the face of1553
crossc1555
to cross with1590
countermand1592
forstand1599
opposit1600
thorter1608
obviate1609
disputea1616
obstrigillate1623
contradict1632
avert1635
to set one's hand against1635
top1641
militate1642
to come across ——1653
contrariate1656
to cross upon (or on)1661
shock1667
clash1685
rencounter1689
obtend1697
counteract1708
oppugnate1749
retroact?1761
controvert1782
react1795
to set against ——1859
appose-
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xiv. 24 Thare wes na man þat wald contrare This Byschope in-til word or deyde.
1521 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) i. 328 Saynt Iames onely contrareth that that may be..mystaken in saynt Paule.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 149 Some [conjunctions] betoken contraring, as neverthelesse.
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia ii. 87 Not able to contraire The will of her victorious passion.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. l If to contrair the holy tongue should be Absurd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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