"It is impossible to foresee what view the Bench may take of the question. If on one side we have a mother and children, on the other we have an old man crushed by sorrows, made old by your refusals to know him. Where is he to find a wife? Can the judges contravene the law? Your marriage with Colonel Chabert has priority on its side and every legal right. But if you appear under disgraceful colors, you might have an unlooked-for adversary. That, madame, is the danger against which I would warn you."英文原著 · 《Colonel Chabert》
Such an appeal is no better than an arbitrary dogmatism, which contravenes the express command
of Christianity, to know God in spirit and in truth, and is prompted by a humility which is not
Christian, but born of ostentatious bigotry.英文原著 · 《Shorter Logic》
"Mirabeau, whose immense head and gross figure could not be mistaken, is said to have been the first among the mob to have sonorously chanted, 'To Paris!' His myrmidons echoed and re-echoed the cry upon the signal. He then hastened to the Assembly to contravene any measures the King might ask in opposition. The riots increasing, the Queen said to His Majesty:英文原著 · 《The Memoirs of Louis》
Your Honor, it gives me no delight in saying this, but I believe the defense is prepared to contravene your ruling.美剧 · 《The Good Wife》