contradiction

英 [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkʃn]

n.  (事实、看法、行动等的)不一致，矛盾，对立; 反驳; 驳斥

复数：contradictions　

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Collins.2 / BNC.4353 / COCA.5451

习惯用语

n.

a contradiction in terms
• 矛盾词项；对立词项
  a statement containing two words that contradict each other's meaning
• A ‘nomad settlement’ is a contradiction in terms.
  “游牧者的定居”是用词上的自相矛盾。

牛津词典

noun

• （事实、看法、行动等的）不一致，矛盾，对立
  a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc.
  1. There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures.
     这两组数据相互矛盾。
  2. His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle.
     他的公开言论与他本人的生活方式恰恰相反。
  3. How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?
     我们怎样才能解决这个明显的矛盾呢？
• 反驳；驳斥
  the act of saying that sth that sb else has said is wrong or not true; an example of this
  1. I think I can say, without fear of contradiction , that…
     就算有人反驳，我也胆敢说…
  2. Now you say you both left at ten─that's a contradiction of your last statement.
     你现在说你们俩是十点钟离开的，这可和你上次的说法不一致。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 矛盾;不一致
  If you describe an aspect of a situation as acontradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
  1. ...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona...
     她的私生活与公众形象之间的巨大反差
  2. The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the Olympics is supposed to be...
     在我看来，这次的表现是不可宽恕的，和奥运精神完全相悖。
  3. The militants see no contradiction in using violence to bring about a religious state.
     好战者觉得用暴力建立一个宗教国家这种做法并无矛盾之处。
• PHRASE 自相矛盾的说法
  If you say that something is acontradiction in terms, you mean that it is described as having a quality that it cannot have.
  1. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.
     以营利为目的的公共服务机构——这是典型的用词上的自相矛盾（如果真有这种说法的话）。

英英释义

noun

• the speech act of contradicting someone
  1. he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction
• (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
  1. the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction
  Synonym:contradiction in terms
• opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

双语例句

• Motion itself is a contradiction.
  运动本身就是矛盾。
• He laid special stress on analysing the particularity of the contradiction.
  他重点分析了这一矛盾的特殊性。
• I am a study in contradiction, but there is not an inconsistency to be found.
  我是一个矛盾的研究，但没有一个被发现的不一致。
• But surely there is some contradiction.
  这倒是有些矛盾了。
• The book merely touches on the main contradiction of feudal society, it does not go into it deeply.
  这本书仅仅触及而没有深刻揭示封建社会的主要矛盾。
• A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.
  “慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法。
• This fundamental contradiction is not sustainable.
  这一根本矛盾是不可持续的。
• The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the Olympics is supposed to be
  在我看来，这次的表现是不可宽恕的，和奥运精神完全相悖。
• Your attitude is in contradiction to your character.
  你的态度和你的性格相抵触。
• It is precisely in the particularity of contradiction that the universality of contradiction resides.
  矛盾的普遍性即寓于矛盾的特殊性之中。