Contrary to the popular belief的意思|示意

Contrary to popular belief, customs paperwork and other red tape (often called "soft infrastructure") cause the most delays for exporting and importing firms.

与流行的看法相反，进出口公司的大多数延误都是由于海关文件处理和其它官僚桎梏(常称作“软基础设施”)造成的。

Contrary to popular belief, the oil companies can't control the price of crude.

和大众的想法相反，各石油公司控制不了原油的价格。

Contrary to the popular belief, advertising makes our shopping experience neither less time-consuming nor more economical.

与大众观点相反，广告让购物变得既没有少花费时间又没有更加经济了。

Contrary to popular belief, people who sleep six to seven hours a night live longer, and those who sleep eight hours or more die younger, according to the latest study ever conducted on the subject.

与人们的普遍观念恰恰相反，就睡眠所做的最新研究发现每晚睡6 - 7个小时的人要比睡8个小时或更长时间的人寿命长。

Contrary to popular belief, Big oil has almost no control over the price of oil these days.

与普遍认识相反的是，大型石油公司近来几乎没有石油定价权。

Unlike most other Mach-based operating systems, such as GNU HURD (which, contrary to popular belief, does exist), XNU implements UNIX system calls in the same way as a BSD system.

不同于大部分基于Mach的操作系统，比如GNU HURD（与人们以为的恰恰相反，它的确存在），XNU采用与BSD系统相同的方式来实行UNIX系统调用。