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单词 counter-intuitive
释义
counter-intuitive
adjective
uk
/ˌkaʊn.tər.ɪnˈtʃuː.ɪ.tɪv/us
/ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚ.ɪnˈtuː.i.t̬ɪv/
Something that is counter-intuitive does nothappenin the way you wouldexpectit to:
反直觉的；与预期相反的
Steering asailboatis counter-intuitive - youpushthetillertheoppositeway to the way youwantto go.控制帆船方向与通常的习惯是不一样的——推拉舵柄的方向与要去的航向正好相反。
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(Definition ofcounter-intuitivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcounter-intuitive

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He finds acounter-intuitiveresult that refutes non-game theoretical wisdom that parties focus their campaign resources on marginal constituencies.
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Secondly, rules that may lead tocounter-intuitiveresults are explicitly removed.
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An unexpected result of the tree-ring analyses was thecounter-intuitivepatterns of runs of slow and fast years of growth.
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Thecounter-intuitiveconsequence could instead provide a case for an objective list account of welfare.
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How can we explain the seeminglycounter-intuitivefinding that we sometimes find more economic voting when governments would appear to have less 'clarity of responsibility'?
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She argues that treating subordinate clauses as independent units ("utterances") yieldscounter-intuitivetopic transitions.
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Secondly, he may try to take the religiouscounter-intuitivebeliefs as essentially true.
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The problem with such a tax is that it could produce unintended andcounter-intuitiveresults.
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Thiscounter-intuitiveresult is due to the semantics attached to disjunction.
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We limit the discussion to evidence from those years because the associated increase in co-operation is the mostcounter-intuitive.
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In the cognitive approach to religion, so-called intuitive andcounter-intuitiveconcepts figure importantly.
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Several possibilities might explain this somewhatcounter-intuitivefinding.
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Changes in single parameter values can cause multiple, large andcounter-intuitivechanges in the dynamical behaviour.
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This appearscounter-intuitive, for much of the public debate stresses the importance of flexible working as a condition of flexible retirement.
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This may seemcounter-intuitivein view of the different signs, but see 44, above.
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