to do sth that is not allowed by a law or rule
The company was found guilty of contravening safety regulations.
那家公司被判违反了安全条例。
1.背叛(主义),抵触,与...不相容
2.违反,违背,犯(法等)
3.否定,反驳,推翻(论据等)
1.to do something that is not allowed by a rule, law, or agreement
1.The sick man seemed to fall into a gap of death, at her contradiction. She ought to play up to him, not to contravene him.
听到她的谢绝声，病人似乎一下坠入了死谷。她应该使他高兴，不该违背他的请求。
2.Monitor states that the potential loss of this money would not contravene the terms of their authorisation or affect services to patients.
监管部门指出这笔钱的潜在的损失并不违背其授权认可的条款或影响对患者的服务。
3.Proponents of the North American pact (NAFTA)argue that nothing in the agreement will contravene the GATT accord, if it is ever reached.
北美自由贸易协定的支持者辩称，这项协定若能实现，丝毫不会与关税及贸易总协定相抵触。
4.A state could not contravene the freedom of contract unless there were obvious and compelling reasons for exercising the police power.
各州不能侵犯契约自由，除非有明显而且充分的行使管理权的理由。
5.Any overt action would contravene its self-proclaimed doctrine of non-intervention and sully its narrative of a peaceful rise.
任何公开行动都会违背中国自称的“不干涉”政策，并有损于中国“和平崛起”的叙述。
6.Companies? or employees? who contravene any of the rules may be liable to heavy penalties.
公司？？或者雇员？？违反其中任何规定，可能受到重罚。
7.Previously enacted tax policies which contravene these Provisions shall, without exception, be abolished and superseded by these Provisions.
第十四条过去凡与本规定有抵触的税收政策，一律废止，改按本规定执行。
8.All poker sites reserve the right to do this if you contravene their terms and conditions.
所有的网站都说如果你违反了条款他们将保留这个权利。
9.The joint pledges of the residents shall not contravene the Constitution, the laws, the regulations and the state policies.
居民公约的内容不得与宪法、法律、法规和国家的政策相抵触。
10.We express strong dissatisfaction over relevant Japanese public figure's remarks that contravene the China-Japan Joint Statement.
我们对日方有关人士发表严重违背《中日联合声明》的言论表示强烈不满。