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contradictory

英 [kɒntrə'dɪkt(ə)rɪ] 美[,kɑntrə'dɪktəri]

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近义词antagonistic ambivalent at incongruous inconsistent antithetical paradoxical variance

adj. 矛盾的；反对的；反驳的；抗辩的
n. 对立物；矛盾因素

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英文词源

contradictory (adj.): 1530s, "mutually opposed, at variance," from Late Latin contradictorius "containing a contradiction or objection," from contradictus, past participle of contradicere (see contradiction). Meaning "fond of contradicting" is from 1891. Used earlier as a noun (late 14c.).

双语例句

1. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.: 海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。

2. He is notorious for making unexpected, often self-contradictory, comments.: 他发表的那些出人意料而且经常自相矛盾的评论令他臭名昭著。

3. We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.: 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。

4. The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs.: 证据表明人很容易持有相互矛盾的信念.

5. The argument is internally contradictory.: 论据本身自相矛盾.