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。

What he said is contrary to what he did.他所说的与所做的刚好相反。

This was completely contrary to our intention.这与我们建立这个网站的初衷完全相悖。

1. broad adj. large in area 辽阔的；广泛的

broad 强调两边之间面积的广大, 如:broad plains广阔的平原；

broad shoulder，forehead，back...宽肩膀，前额，背

wide 强调从一边到另一边的距离, 如: wide eyes，river...大眼睛，宽河流

The river is two hundred meters wide这条河二百米宽。

broad support for Labour对工党广泛的支持

in broad daylight光天化日之下

broad-minded气量大的; 无偏见的; 宽大为怀的

have a broad knowledge of animals具有广博的动物方面的知识

2. bear vt 携带，容忍

bear in mind= keep in mind记住

I shall bear in mind your advice.我将牢记你的忠告。

The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall be permitted.人民持有和携带武器的权利应被允许。

bear to do忍受做某事；bear sb to do 忍受某人做某事

I cannot bear to see you hurt.我无法忍受看到你受伤。

He can't bear to be laughed at.他不能忍受被取笑。

He could not bear that his friends should laugh at him.他受不了朋友们的嘲笑。

She could not bear me to be away.她不忍我离去。

bear doing忍受做某事

She couldn't bear living a simple life.她不能忍受俭朴的生活。

I can't bear being laughed at.让别人嘲笑我可受不了。

She can't bear being looked down upon by others.她无法容忍被人瞧不起。

*Can you bear hearing about it again?再听到这种事情, 你能容忍吗?

*The ice is too thin to bear your weight.冰太薄, 承受不了你的重量。

3. minority n.少数，小部分；少数民族 majority n.大多数，大部分

a large / small minority相当多的少数 / 极少数