Contrary to expectations, the amount of energy reaching Earth at visible wavelengths increased rather than decreased as the Sun's activity declined, causing this warming effect.

和预料的正好相反，因为太阳活动减弱，到底地球的可见光波的能量反而增加，进而导致地球变暖。

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However, contrary to expectations, the number of women saying they would go out and purchase these shoes did not differ significantly between celebrity and non-celebrity photographs.

然而，和预期相反，这些女士说她们外出买鞋并非主要区分是否是名人做的广告。

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Contrary to my expectations, there was no need to be uneasy about the results of the match.

对我的期望相反，有没有需要对比赛结果感到不安。

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The mixture the team achieved leaves the combined mass of lignin and cellulose in the trunk more or less unchanged and, contrary to the expectations of many critics, the resulting trees are as strong as unmodified ones.

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However, the most telling revelation of these televised images was that, contrary to expectations, both Bailundo and Andulo appear to have emerged from the government's offensive virtually unscathed.

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Contrary to expectations, the right-wing politicians who now run India are showing few signs of rolling back economic reforms that started in 1991.

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