contrary wind
常见例句
- Our sailboat was delayed by contrary wind.
我们的帆船被逆风所阻而延迟。 - True courage is the a like , a contrary wind raises it higher .
真正的勇气就像风筝一样, 一封中高飞行。 - In those days ships were sometimes so delayed by contrary wind as to run short of fresh water and provisions.
当时船因遇到逆风而迟误,以至发生淡水和粮食不足的现象。 - To the contrary, those unfortunates who wind up on the wrong side of a market correction often see their net worth wiped out in a devastatingly short period.
FORBES: Extraordinary Popular Delusions Lead All The Way To Adam - Contrary to myth, medieval Europe was a font of innovation: water- and wind-powered mills, clocks, eyeglasses, chimneys and the wheelbarrow, as well as advances in shipbuilding, compassmaking and ironmongery (making wagon axles sturdier).
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