au contraire

副词 adv.
/əʊ ˈkɒntɹɛː(ɹ)/    /oʊ ˌkɔnˈtɹɛ(ə)ɹ/|/oʊ ˌkɑnˈtɹɛ(ə)ɹ/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. On the contrary. emphatic,humorous,not-comparable,usually
    — Travellers have written and spoken so much of the beauty of this celebrated piece of water, that I expected to be disappointed; but, au contraire, I am almost inclined to write a rhapsody myself.

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French au contrairebor.
English au contraire
Borrowed from French au contraire.
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