Anyhow, the notion of western culture as a solid block having but one meaning is contrary to fact.

不管怎样，作为一个整体的西方文化只有一个含义，这个观念和事实是不相符的。

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In fact, each individual, as a man, may have a particular will contrary or dissimilar to the general will which he has as a citizen.

事实上，每个人作为人而言，可以拥有与其作为公民而拥有的公共意志相抵触或者不同的个人意志。

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In fact, contrary to common belief, a slow metabolism is rarely the cause of excess weight gain.

事实上，和大多数人想象的恰恰相反，代谢缓慢很少造成体重增加。

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In fact,much evidence to the contrary has existed, open to their inspection.

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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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An explanation of the fact that, contrary to impressions that might have been given elsewhere, Samsung did not in fact copy the registered design of the iPad when creating the Galaxy Tab.

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While both coal and gas play important roles in our energy future, and there is another agenda to regulate coal-fired power plants out of existence, the claim is contrary to the well-accepted fact that the greenhouse gas impacts of burning natural gas are less than coal.

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In fact, to the contrary, such a nuclear "freeze" serves to ensure that the combined effects of aging and changing strategic circumstances go unaddressed, resulting in an inexorable reduction in capability and relevance to the nation's deterrent equirements.

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