a combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation which are opposed to one another 矛盾;對立;抵觸 the proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions. 提出的新制度內(nèi)部矛盾百出。 ■a person, thing, or situation in which inconsistent elements are present 自相矛盾的人(或事物、情況) the paradox of using force to overcome force is a real contradiction. 以暴制暴真是一種自相矛盾的論點。 ■[mass noun]the statement of a position opposite to one already made 反駁,駁斥 the second sentence appears to be in flat contradiction of the first. 第二句話似乎正好反駁了第一句話。 [count noun]the experiment provides a contradiction of the hypothesis. 該實驗駁斥了這種假設(shè)。
常用詞組 contradiction in terms
a statement or group of words associating objects or ideas which are incompatible 自相矛盾的說法
語源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contradictio(n-), from the verb contradicere (see contradict)