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He failed to get elected contrary to our expectation.
与我们的预期相反，他未能当选。 注释： fail to do something有两种意思，一指“失败，未达成”，侧指尝试做某事但未能成功；二指“未做（应做的事）”，比如学校本应布置作业但没有布置，就可以说schools fail to set homework。
If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it. contrary to指“与……相反”，如果是态度、想法、反应contrary to each other，意指“相反的”；而如果某一事实contraries to某种观点、想法，则是强调事实确凿，而该观点是错误的。
If you say that something is true contrary to other people's beliefs or opinions, you are emphasizing that it is true and that they are wrong.
If only you were here, I could consult you about it.
要是你在这里多好，我就可以向你讨教这个问题了。 注释： if only在本句中指“但愿，希望”，表示一种强烈的愿望或遗憾，“要是……多好”。如果是only if，则指“只有……才”，强调条件。
这两个短语看起来很像，用法却有很多不同。简单地说，only if引导的是限制性条件状语从句，有增强主句语势的作用，强调“只有”；if only引导的条件句，通常用来表示说话人的强烈愿望，可以独立使用，表示由于客观条件限制，某事不太可能实现或者完全不可能实现，因此而感到惋惜或遗憾，通常用虚拟语气。 除此以外，if only还可以与过去时连用，为做某事引出一个相对合理的理由，但这样做并不一定很好。比如一条短信接一条短信发，只是为了责备对方没有回短信。
You use if only with past tenses to introduce what you think is a fairly good reason for doing something, although you realize it may not be a very good one.
You use if only to express a wish or desire, especially one that cannot be fulfilled.
I'm afraid that you have to work overtime.
恐怕你要加班了。 注释： work overtime指“加班加点”，也可以说work extra shifts。overtime本身即可指加班或加班时间，此外还可指体育比赛中为决胜负而延长的加时赛。
需要注意的是，work overtime还可指“投入全力，热情高涨”，比如为了比赛获胜而拼尽全力，work overtime to win the game。 If you say that someone is working overtime to do something, you mean that they are using a lot of energy, effort, or enthusiasm trying to do it.
He exhibited a number of behaviors typical of his diagnosis.
他表现出了诊断结果中的若干典型行为。 注释： A number of指“若干，许多”，类似的我们还可以用到a quantity of，a lot of，lots of等等。
If there are a number of things or people, there are several of them. If there are any number of things or people, there is a large quantity of them. be typical of指“特有的”，typical behavior即指典型行为。表示特有的，我们还可以用specific to，表示前者只与后者有关。
除此以外，be typical of还可用于表示批评或抱怨，意指“果不其然的，不出所料的”，比如，“That’s typical of him.”，那是他一贯的作风。
If a particular action or feature is typical of someone or something, it shows their usual qualities or characteristics.
The beautiful is not always the same as the good.
美的东西不一定都是好的。 注释： 如果两种及以上的事物、行为或质量are the same，或者one is the same as another，指它们在某些方面非常相像。如果A is happening the same as B，则指A与B类似或完全相同。
大家应该还见过the same with，如果上一句话说了一件事，下面要说的情况对某人也是一样，就可以用这个短语。比如前面说某人去了某地，而我也去过，就可以说“It was the same with me.”the same with还可用于倒装，即，“With me, it was the same.”
If two or more things, actions, or qualities are the same, or if one is the same as another, they are very like each other in some way.
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