paradox
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈpær.ə.dɒks/us/ˈper.ə.dɑːks/C2
asituationorstatementthatseemsimpossibleor isdifficulttounderstandbecause itcontainstwooppositefactsorcharacteristics:
自相矛盾的情况;似非而是的说法,悖论[+ that]It's acuriousparadoxthatdrinkinga lot ofwatercan often make youfeelthirsty.大量喝水经常会让人感觉口渴,这是看似矛盾而正确的奇怪说法。
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- illogically
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- non sequitur
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradoxical
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking
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