What I'm seeing here with number three is a direct contrast.

我在这里看到的第三组是一个直接的对比。

This is a direct contrast to what we're seeing in number two.

这与我们在第二组中看到的形成了直接的对比。

For Lawrence, in direct contrast to Adam, everything seemed to come so easily.

【direct】劳伦斯与亚当对比悬殊，对劳伦斯来说一切都好像来得那么容易。

In direct contrast to what Dependency Theory predicts, most evidence suggests that, nowadays, foreign investment by richer nations helps, not hurts, poorer countries.

与依附理论的预测形成鲜明对比的是，大多数证据表明，如今，富裕国家的外国投资有助于而不是伤害较贫穷的国家。

So we can deduce from this that Carnival is traditionally a period of excessive drinking, of dressing up, which is in direct contrast to the more somber times of the rest of the year.

因此我们可以由此推断，狂欢节传统上是过度饮酒、盛装打扮的时期，这与一年中其他时间的阴沉时期形成鲜明对比。