contrary是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 相反的， 矛盾的n. 反对， 矛盾； 相反，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He knew that this was stupid, he knew that it was positively not right, and contrary to his present new plans, but this house was a whole world to Levin.
-- But in that nervous tension, and in the visions that filled her imagination, there was nothing disagreeable or gloomy: on the contrary there was something blissful, glowing, and exhilarating.
-- Contrary to his usual habit, he did not get into bed, but fell to walking up and down the rooms with his hands clasped behind his back.
-- In the contrary event, you can conjecture what awaits you and your son.
-- "Well, I on the contrary expected less--I'll own frankly.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "But that doesn't take into account bad weather, contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on."
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And what if there can be no respect either, if on the contrary there is aversion, contempt, repulsion, what then?
-- She could give way and accept a great deal even of what was contrary to her convictions, but there was a certain barrier fixed by honesty, principle and the deepest convictions which nothing would induce her to cross.
-- Quite the contrary indeed.
-- Some, on the contrary 芒聙娄' 'Triumph in their lifetime?
-- Let me tell you on the contrary that you ought to show par-ticular delicacy and consideration for us now, because we have thrown up everything, and have come here relying on you, and so we are in any case in a sense in your hands.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- My mother, contrary to her usual habit, instead of coming to the elbow-chair by the fire, remained at the other end of the room, and sat singing to herself.
-- 'Contrary ways, please God!'
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Contrary to the usual course of things, Mr. Elton's want-ing to pay his addresses to her had sunk him in her opinion.
-- I have been acting contrary to all my sense of right; and the fortunate turn that every thing has taken, and the kindness I am now receiving, is what my conscience tells me ought not to be.'
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first intention, to make the being of a gigantic stature, that is to say, about eight feet in height, and proportionably large.
-- Beyond Cologne we descended to the plains of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way, for the wind was contrary and the stream of the river was too gen-tle to aid us.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Ellen ignored all things contrary to her ideas of propriety andtried to teach Scarlett to do the same, but with poor success.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If on the contrary you mean to say--" Here, to his great amazement, he was stopped by Joe's suddenly working round him with every demonstration of a fell pugilistic purpose.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Yet, so far have you been from answering my ex-pectation in any of your letters; that on the contrary you are loading our carrier every week with libels, and keys, and reflections, and memoirs, and second parts; wherein I see myself accused of reflecting upon great state folk; of de-grading human nature (for so they have still the confidence to style it), and of abusing the female sex.
-- There are some laws and customs in this empire very pe-culiar; and if they were not so directly contrary to those of my own dear country, I should be tempted to say a little in their justification.
-- ''That the said Quinbus Flestrin, contrary to the duty of a faithful subject, is now preparing to make a voyage to the court and empire of Blefuscu, for which he has received only verbal license from his imperial majesty; and, under colour of the said license, does falsely and traitorously in-tend to take the said voyage, and thereby to aid, comfort, and abet the emperor of Blefuscu, so lately an enemy, and in open war with his imperial majesty aforesaid.'
-- For, I remember very well, in a discourse one day with the king, when I happened to say, 'there were several thousand books among us written upon the art of government,' it gave him (directly contrary to my intention) a very mean opinion of our understandings.
-- I told him 'we fed on a thousand things which operated contrary to each other; that we ate when we were not hun-gry, and drank without the provocation of thirst; that we sat whole nights drinking strong liquors, without eating a bit, which disposed us to sloth, inflamed our bodies, and precipitated or prevented digestion; that prostitute female Yahoos acquired a certain malady, which bred rottenness in the bones of those who fell into their embraces; that this, and many other diseases, were propagated from father to son; so that great numbers came into the world with com-plicated maladies upon them; that it would be endless to give him a catalogue of all diseases incident to human bod-ies, for they would not be fewer than five or six hundred, spread over every limb and joint in short, every part, ex-ternal and intestine, having diseases appropriated to itself.
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