| 单词 | on the contrary |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary) b. on the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary): on the other hand, in contradistinction. 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 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 360 And in contrarie also recouer A pouer man to grete richesse. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xi. 131 In the contrarye, toward the Southe, it is so hoot, that, etc. 1502 Ord. Cyrsten Men (1506) i. vii. 79 And by the contrarye the bodyes of them that ben blessed they shall, etc. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Eiv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens To the contrarye, where they haue estemed that it shulde be superflue to recyte, they haue, [etc.]. c1554 Gracious Menewe D vij b But when on ye contrarie they do, etc. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 71v/1 And for the contrary, there are other princes, etc. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Pref. This booke will be so farre from the hinderance of anie, that by the contrarie, it will cause, etc. 1653 Cloria & Narcissus 253 Of the contrary, Philos..began, etc. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. iii. 39 Nothing, on the contrary, could be more natural. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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