Not only are the laws unconstitutional, Ayala asserts, but creationism - especially widespread in the American South among evangelical Christians - is contrary to Christian tradition.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Some people can train themselves to do it, but it's contrary to the way the brain wants you to behave.

一些人可以训练自己做到这些,但这违背了大脑的意愿

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So Bohr was validated in very, very strong measure, but there were also some contrary data.

所以说波尔理论得到了强有力的证实，但其实也存在一些反面数据。

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But unfortunately it was the contrary."

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

Businesses of course can't actually invest in the lottery -that would be contrary to the terms of their loan -but they can do similar things.

当然了,企业是不能拿贷款去买彩票的,这会有悖于贷款的合同条款,但他们可能会去做类似的事

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But whatever your reason for being here this is in fact our introduction to Computer Science; and contrary to what you might have heard or seen or perceived in high school, odds are computer science is not quite what you imagined it to be.

但是不管你们来这儿的原因是什么,这门课介绍的都是计算机科学,可能与你们平时听到的看到的,或者在高中时所想象的恰好相反,计算机技术的优势完全不是你想象的那样。

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