1
- from side to side of; across横跨：
a counter was placed athwart the entrance.
一个柜台横放在入口处。
2
- in opposition to; counter to与…相对; 与…相反：
these statistics run sharply athwart conventional presumptions.
这些统计数据与惯常的推测截然相反。
1
- across from side to side; transversely横跨着：
one table running athwart was all the room would hold.
这个房间只能横放一张桌子。
2
- so as to be perverse or contradictory相反, 逆：
our words ran athwart and we ended up at cross purposes.
我们的话说反了, 结果事与愿违。
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