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1 contrary
contrary, US [transcription][-trerI]A n contraire m ; the contrary is the case c'est le contraire qui est vrai ; quite the contrary bien au contraire ; on the contrary (bien) au contraire ; despite views/claims to the contrary contrairement à ce que certains pensent/disent ; unless there is evidence to the contrary à moins qu'il n'y ait une preuve du contraire ; no-one said anything to the contrary personne n'a dit le contraire ; unless you hear anything to the contrary sauf contrordre.B adj1 [idea, view] contraire ; to be contrary to [activity, proposal, opinion, measure] être contraire à ;2 [direction, movement] contraire (to à) ;3 [person] contrariant.C contrary to prep phr contrairement à ; contrary to popular belief/to rumours ( in spite of) contrairement à ce que l'on peut croire/à la rumeur ; contrary to expectations contre toute attente. -
2 contrary
1 noun['kɒntrərɪ] contraire m['kɒntrərɪ] contrairement à;∎ contrary to nature contre nature;∎ contrary to reason contraire à la raison;∎ contrary to the terms of the contract contraire aux termes du contrat;∎ contrary to popular belief contrairement à ce que l'on croit généralement;∎ contrary to what I had been told contrairement à ce qu'on m'avait dit['kɒntrərɪ] au contraire['kɒntrərɪ] the meeting will be at six, unless you hear to the contrary la réunion sera à six heures, sauf contrordre ou avis contraire -
3 contrary
contrary [ˊkɒntrǝrɪ]1. n не́что обра́тное, противополо́жное; противополо́жность;on the contrary наоборо́т
;to the contrary в обра́тном смы́сле, ина́че
;unless I hear to the contrary е́сли я не услы́шу чего́-нибудь ино́го, противополо́жного
;there is no evidence to the contrary нет доказа́тельств проти́вного, обра́тного
;to interpret by contraries толкова́ть, понима́ть в обра́тном смы́сле
2. a1) противополо́жный2) разг. [kənˊtreərɪ] упря́мый; своево́льный; капри́зный;contrary disposition сварли́вый нрав
3) проти́вный ( о ветре); неблагоприя́тный;contrary weather неблагоприя́тная пого́да
3. adv вопреки́, про́тив (to);to act contrary to common sense поступа́ть вопреки́ здра́вому смы́слу
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4 contrary
CONTRARY [ON, TO]On the contrary соответствует русскому вводному 'наоборот, напротив': Don't you think your watch is slow? On the contrary, it is fast. To the contrary означает 'иначе', 'против': I shall go there, if he doesn't tell me to the contrary. '...если он не велит мне поступить иначе'; to vote to the contrary 'голосовать против'.Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > contrary
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5 contrary to
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6 contrary disposition
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7 contrary weather
contrary weather неблагоприятная погода -
8 contrary
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9 contrary flexure turnout
English-german engineering dictionary > contrary flexure turnout
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10 contrary instructions
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11 contrary to law
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12 contrary to public policy
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13 contrary to law
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14 contrary to the law
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15 contrary to expectations
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16 contrary to nature
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17 contrary wind
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18 contrary winds
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19 contrary to the contract
contrary to the contract LAW vertragswidrigEnglisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > contrary to the contract
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20 contrary to my expectations
contrary to my expectations (the rules) вопреки моим ожиданиям (правилам)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > contrary to my expectations
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Contrary — Con tra*ry, n.; pl. {Contraries}. 1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities. [1913 Webster] No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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