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单词 contradiction
释义
contradiction
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/
C2
thefactof something being thecompleteoppositeof somethingelseor very different from somethingelse, so that one of them must bewrong:
矛盾
You say that you're goodfriendsandyetyou don'ttrusthim. Isn't that a contradiction?你说你们是好朋友，可你又不信任他。那不是有点矛盾吗？
a contradiction in terms
acombinationof words that isnonsensebecause some of the wordssuggesttheoppositeof some of theothers:
用词自相矛盾的话
Manypeoplethinkthat anhonestpoliticianis a contradiction interms.许多人认为“诚实的政客”在用词上自相矛盾。
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  • in the same breathidiom
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(Definition ofcontradictionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

contradiction| American Dictionary

contradiction
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌkɑn·trəˈdɪk·ʃən/
afactorstatementthat is theoppositeof what someone has said or that is so different from anotherfactorstatementthat one of them must bewrong:
[C]fig.Hislifewasfullof contradictions(= things that are notlikelytoappeartogether).
(Definition ofcontradictionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontradiction

contradiction
In answering the first question a series of contradictions arise.
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The contradictions have become so acute that words are no longer to be trusted.
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We outline some reasons for the contradictions in the literature and offer some suggestions for avenues of future research.
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The contradictions which opposed the typical and the organic were fought not only within professional organisations but also within the work of particular architects.
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Like any ideological discourse assembled from prefabricated components, the anticyber netics campaign was insensitive to its inner contradictions.
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In the older people's homes, the arts programme exposed contradictions and dilemmas for care assistants.
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Any doubts and contradictions in the results from the model should be accepted as part of the results.
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Centrifugal forces arose from within villages, besetting religious life with internal contradictions and contestation.
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They have the potential to explore innovation, originality, complexity, interactions, conflicts and contradictions.
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In principle, there are two types of logical contradictions that can occur in ontologies: inconsistency and incoherency.
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Property (1) implies that we can leave out of the process those sentences received from a single source that are not involved in contradictions.
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There are no contradictions; there is one good and the degrees of reliability don't change.
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A transformation can mainly be expected if contradictions in the arrangement are seized upon by certain social actors who endeavour to bring about change.
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The resolution of these contradictions and the revalidation of the authority of theatre were effected by the king's death.
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Although these conflicts are hardly ever logical contradictions, they are practical sources of indeterminacy.
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Collocationswithcontradiction

contradiction

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apparent contradiction
We describe two experiments exploring the interpretive structures used by adults and young children in their reasoning about anapparentcontradiction.
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complete contradiction
This approach is in complete contradiction to that adopted in the main balance sheet.
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direct contradiction
Sometimes some of the constraints obtained from the objects themselves may be indirectcontradiction to constraints already present in the action being invoked.
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