contravene

动词 v.
/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈviːn/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation. transitive
    — […] nothing is a commandement, or a commanded dutie but that which if we contravene, it maketh us guilty of sin before God,
  2. To deny the truth of something. obsolete,transitive
    — 1653, William Birchley, The Christian Moderator, Part 3, London: Richard Lowndes, p. 7, […] to make the contravening of Doctrines, to be capitall, before they be fully proved, is prejudiciall to that liberty, without which none can justify himself before God or Man:

词形变化

contravenes present,singular,third-person contravening participle,present contravened participle,past contravened past

词汇关系

词源

From Middle French contravenir (French contrevenir), from Latin contraveniō.
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