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paradoxical

英 [,pærə'dɒksɪk(ə)l] 美[,pærə'dɑksɪkl]
  • adj. 矛盾的;诡论的;似非而是的

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词态变化


副词: paradoxically;名词: paradox;

助记提示


1、para- "contrary, against" + dox- + -ical

英文词源


paradoxical (adj.)
1580s, from paradox + -ical. Competing forms were paradoxal (1560s), paradoxial (1620s), but they survive in niches, if at all. Related: Paradoxically.

双语例句


1. We were a team of individuals — as paradoxical as that sounds.
我们是一个保持了个体的团队——尽管这听起来自相矛盾。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He is a paradoxical aesthete as well as a paradoxical moralist.
他是一个矛盾的唯美主义者,同时他更是一个矛盾的道德家.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. When the superior money has disappeared, the situation becomes very paradoxical.
当较优越的货币消失时, 情况便变得有点似是而非了.

来自辞典例句

4. This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.
这种模棱两可的说法似乎自相矛盾.

来自辞典例句

5. The result of such punishments is often paradoxical.
这样惩罚的结果往往适得其反.

来自辞典例句