| 单词 | e contrario | 
| 释义 | e contrarioadv. Chiefly Logic and Law.  1.  From a contrary position; by dint of opposition or antagonism.Used esp. of arguments reasoning from an accepted conclusion to the rejection of its contrary. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > 			[adverb]		 > on the other hand again?1531 per contra1554 on the other hand1581 e contrario1583 conversively1607 oppositely1681 convertibly1692 conversely1806 1583    P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Cviiv  				If those that go richely clothed should be esteemed ye rather for their rich apparel, than à contrario must those that go in meane, and base attire, be the more contemned, and despised for their pouertie. 1610    J. Donne Pseudo-martyr vii. 199  				The Pope forbiddes publique worshippe; and therefore, a Contrario, permits priuate. 1748    A. Lockhart Answers for James Sutherland 6  				If the Relict's Possession of the unliferented Lands is in the Eye of the Law the Possession of the apparent Heir, his Possession of the Liferent Lands must è contrario be held to be the Liferentrix's own Possession. 1818    J. Bristed Amer. & her Resources 466  				Spain is an awful instance, e contrario, of the truth of the position, that the strength, prosperity, and greatness of a country are intimately connected with the liberty and intelligence of its people. 1957    H. F. Jolowicz Rom. Found. Mod. Law ii. 18  				It is also subject to the argument e contrario. Words expressly applying a rule to one case may be held impliedly to exclude it in others. 2003    Artforum Internat. 		(Nexis)	 1 Nov.  				Jumelle..the only work in the show to include an explicit representation.., recalls a contrario the fundamental figurative dimension of all we have seen elsewhere in the exhibition.  2.  Conversely, contrariwise; vice versa. Cf. e contra adv. 1. 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 1599    T. Hill Schoole of Skil  ii. 138  				The point that to vs is most Easterly, is to them most Westerly, et è contrario. 1725    J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 		(ed. 2)	 184  				The Towns to which he referreth us for Example were Metropolies of Kingdoms, not Country Towns..: Whereas our Stone-Heng, è contrario, standeth in a wild Plain, the Metropolis of Old..being not within six Miles of it. 1821    Times 8 Feb. 3  				A combined tax, partly on property, and partly on income, and so that the man who contributes by his property is not to contribute in his revenue, and e contrario. 1907    S. Baring-Gould  & J. Fisher Lives Brit. Saints I. 122  				Whomsoever Molaisse should curse should be cursed also of Maedoc, and likewise e contrario. 1994    A. S. Versnal Transition & Reversal in Myth & Ritual 		(ed. 2)	 v. 293  				From this kernel the god evolved towards the ‘healer’ (and e contrario the sender of pestiferous arrows). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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