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单词 contradictory
释义
contradictory
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/us
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɚ.i/
C2
If two or morefacts,piecesofadvice, etc. are contradictory, they are very different from each other:
对立的；相互矛盾的；不一致的
Ikeepgetting contradictoryadvice- somepeopletellme tokeepitwarmand sometellme to puticeon it.我不断得到相互矛盾的建议——有人要我保暖，有人叫我敷冰。
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
  • rebut
  • rebuttal
  • recantation
  • refutation
  • speak
  • standsomethingonitsheadidiom
  • tergiversation
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(Definition ofcontradictoryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontradictory

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The findings of these studies have beencontradictory.
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The results of these structural changes have tended to becontradictory.
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However, their nutritional value remains unclear, because only a few species have been analysed and the results seemcontradictory.
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In fact, many women's texts are caught betweencontradictorydefinitions of femininity seeking to either synthesize or transcend them.
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The significance of thesecontradictoryfindings will be discussed further later in this article.
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It seems unintelligible, if notcontradictory, to say that one can have real effects without real causes.
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However, reasoning in the real world is not easily achieved using such rules as frequently information is incomplete, incoherent orcontradictory.
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Unless these two conditions are met, one ought not to believe any apparent contradiction, for what is apparentlycontradictoryis for that reason apparently false.
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Neither does thecontradictoryposition of those who fund technical legal assistance give the author a great deal of pause.
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The literature on public policy change is filled with controversies andcontradictoryfindings over this question.
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The older generation especially appeared to be caught between the traditional customs and the modernised socio-legal systems, which inevitably producedcontradictoryand unbalanced responses.
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The promises are ascontradictoryas the society that establishes them.
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This seems somewhatcontradictory: a reflective relationship is a single and rather simplistic one, which does not leave much room for complexity.
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However, this recent work has yielded seeminglycontradictoryfindings of maternal-reported childhood internalizing problems.
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For another, the notion of frustration here captures what appears as acontradictorymovement: migrants desire, and expect, upward mobility when they move.
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