【词组解析】
1. contrary to 违反
(1)Contrary to popular belief , many cats dislike milk.
与普通的看法相反,许多猫不喜欢牛奶。
(2)My sister's taste in dresses is contrary to my own.
在服装方面,我妹妹的爱好和我完全不同。
2. count down 倒计时
(1)The people at control have already begun to count down.
控制站的人员已经开始倒计时了。
(2)The spaceship will soon be launched, the people at control have already begun to count down.
宇宙飞船很快就要发射了,控制室的人已经开始在倒数了。
3. content with 满足于
(1)Don't rest content with past achievements.
不要躺在过去的成绩上睡大觉。
(2)Be not content with the commonplace in character.
不要满足于普通的共性。
4. count on 依靠
(1)You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.
你放心,他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
(2)Don't count on other people to help you out of trouble.
别指望他人能帮你摆脱困境。
5. contemporary with 与...同时代
(1)Shakespeare was not contemporary with Dickens.
莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
(2)Byron was contemporary with Wordsworth.
拜伦和渥兹华斯是同时代的人。
【练习】
英译中:
(1)Contrary to our expectations, he was eliminated in the first round.
(2)Some applications require that the counter perform both functions, count up as well as count down.
(3)He is not fatuously content with existing conditions.
(4)If there's anything I can do, count on me.
(5)Marlowe was contemporary with Shakespeare.