Contrary proposition
[计] 反命题
🧩 词语组成解析
contrary
['kɑntrɛri]
adj. 相反的;违反的，反对的;对立的;顽固的，任性的;
n. 对立或相反的事物;对立方;[逻]反对命题;
adv. 相反地，矛盾地;
contr反对，相反+ary形容词后缀→相反的
🗣️ 情景例句
Come on, Philip!
快点， Philip。
It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.
话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。
or even the universe itself, must in the nature of things 'wear out'.
甚至宇宙本身，从事物的本质上来说都会磨损掉"。