With me, nothing illustrates the contrariness of things better than the matter of sleep.

在我看来，没有什么比睡眠更能说明事物间的矛盾。

But not by name; In the Service they call that " contrariness" .

但不是名字；在服务中，他们称之为“矛盾”。

Something of her contrariness came back to her as she paced the walk and looked over it at the tree-tops inside.

当她在人行道上走来走去，看着里面的树梢时，她的某些矛盾又回来了。

He began to see that he was enjoying his time in Monteriano, in spite of the tiresomeness of his companions and the occasional contrariness of himself.

他开始发现自己在蒙特里亚诺过得很愉快，尽管他的伙伴们很烦人，而且他自己偶尔也很矛盾。

Now this could be nothing but sheer contrariness on Geissler's part; he could surely see for himself that rich and portly gentlemen of their stamp would not be acting as agents.

现在这只能是盖斯勒方面的完全相反； 他可以肯定地亲眼看到， 像他们这样富有而肥胖的绅士不会充当代理人。