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单词 oxymoron
释义
oxymoron
noun[C]
languagespecialized
uk
/ˌɒk.sɪˈmɔː.rɒn/us
/ˌɑːk.sɪˈmɔːr.ɑːn/
two words orphrasesused together that have, orseemto have,oppositemeanings:
The verynotionof anentrepreneurialcompanyman is an oxymoron.
For most of the nineteenthcentury,scholarstreated“medievalscience” as an oxymoron.
More examples
  • There is ametropolitanbeliefthatruralretailtherapyis an oxymoron.
  • Thewholeconceptof themusicindustryis an oxymoron.
  • Thatmonsterisrealitytelevision, whichhardlyanyoneseemsto haverealizedis an oxymoron.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Denying & contradicting
  • abnegate
  • abnegation
  • apparently
  • backtrack
  • bubble
  • burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
  • contradict
  • counter-argue
  • Dutchman
  • fly
  • fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
  • in the same breathidiom
  • oxymoronic
  • rebuttal
  • recantation
  • refutation
  • self-contradictory
  • speak
  • standsomethingonitsheadidiom
  • tergiversation
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Linguistic terms & linguistic style
(Definition ofoxymoronfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
oxymoron
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɒk.sɪˈmɔː.rɒn/us
/ˌɑːk.sɪˈmɔːr.ɑːn/
two words used together that have, orseemto have,oppositemeanings
矛盾修辞法，逆喻

oxymoron| American Dictionary

oxymoron
noun[C]
us/ˌɑk·sɪˈmɔr·ɑn,-ˈmoʊr-/
grammar
a phrase orstatementthatseemsto say twooppositethings, as in "jumboshrimp" and "agreetodisagree"
(Definition ofoxymoronfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoxymoron

oxymoron
The genre of 'historical fiction' is anoxymoronto begin with.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theoxymoron'logic plus control' expresses the abnegation of such a natural identification.
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Their love, in fact, is still unrequited, suspended between death and life, confined in such a voluptuous and yet unresolvedoxymoron.
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The deeper problem, if we too may put it rhetorically, is that a 20,000-year lifestyle with a satellite computer is anoxymoron.
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The term 'constitutional democracy' can be interpreted as either anoxymoronor a tautology.
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Such techniques as punning,oxymoron, and hyperbole are employed by ad-men to lure customers for their clients.
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Thus, aural spectacle is and is not anoxymoron.
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With anticipated emergence (anoxymoron!), the author of a grammar writes rules and knows, by looking at the rules, that certain shapes will emerge.
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This interpretation runs counter to previously held views of liberal utilitarianism as anoxymoron.
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In this environment, reconciling a 'devolved market' with public accountability for a centrally funded service may be to enter the territory of theoxymoron.
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Anoxymoronis a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.
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Add the prefix ' veteran ' to the term, and theoxymoronperhaps becomes even more of an impossible contradiction.
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For much of the post-1945 period, the presence of the terms ' major powers ' and ' peacekeeping' in the same sentence would have been anoxymoron.
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My own view is that an academic boycott is anoxymoron: you do not have a boycott on dialogue and debate.
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Category-theory is entirely concerned with spiritual operations, as is traditional logic, although the idea of a spiritual second-order quantifier is almost anoxymoron.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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