mutually opposed or inconsistent 互相對(duì)立的;互相矛盾的 the two attitudes are contradictory. 這兩種看法是相互矛盾的。 ■containing elements which are inconsistent or in conflict 矛盾的 the committee rejected the policy as too vague and internally contradictory. 委員會(huì)認(rèn)為此項(xiàng)政策過(guò)于模糊并且自相矛盾,于是否決了它。 ■(Logic)(of two propositions) so related that one and only one must be true (邏)(兩個(gè)命題)互相矛盾的。。 比較 contrary
late Middle English (as a term in logic denoting a proposition or principle which contradicts another): from late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradict- 'spoken against', from the verb contradicere (see contradict)