| 词汇 | contradiction |
| 释义 | contradiction noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/ us /ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/ C2 the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong: 矛盾 You say that you're good friends and yet you don't trust him. Isn't that a contradiction?你说你们是好朋友，可你又不信任他。那不是有点矛盾吗？ a contradiction in terms a combination of words that is nonsense because some of the words suggest the opposite of some of the others: 用词自相矛盾的话 Many people think that an honest politician is a contradiction in terms.许多人认为“诚实的政客”在用词上自相矛盾。 Denying & contradicting abnegate abnegation breath burst someone's bubbleidiom contradictorily counter-argue debunk deniable deny disabuse disagree dispute make (a) nonsense of somethingidiom myth-buster myth-busting non-acceptance non-recognition recant refute speak for yourselfidiom contradiction | American Dictionarycontradiction noun[ C/U ] us/ˌkɑn·trəˈdɪk·ʃən/ a fact or statement that is the opposite of what someone has said or that is so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong: [ C ]fig. His life was full of contradictions (= things that are not likely to appear together). Examples of contradictioncontradiction In answering the first question a series of contradictions arise. The contradictions have become so acute that words are no longer to be trusted. We outline some reasons for the contradictions in the literature and offer some suggestions for avenues of future research. The contradictions which opposed the typical and the organic were fought not only within professional organisations but also within the work of particular architects. Like any ideological discourse assembled from prefabricated components, the anticyber netics campaign was insensitive to its inner contradictions. In the older people's homes, the arts programme exposed contradictions and dilemmas for care assistants. Any doubts and contradictions in the results from the model should be accepted as part of the results. Centrifugal forces arose from within villages, besetting religious life with internal contradictions and contestation. They have the potential to explore innovation, originality, complexity, interactions, conflicts and contradictions. In principle, there are two types of logical contradictions that can occur in ontologies: inconsistency and incoherency. Property (1) implies that we can leave out of the process those sentences received from a single source that are not involved in contradictions. There are no contradictions; there is one good and the degrees of reliability don't change. A transformation can mainly be expected if contradictions in the arrangement are seized upon by certain social actors who endeavour to bring about change. The resolution of these contradictions and the revalidation of the authority of theatre were effected by the king's death. Although these conflicts are hardly ever logical contradictions, they are practical sources of indeterminacy. See all examples of contradiction These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withcontradictioncontradictionThese are words often used in combination with contradiction. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. apparent contradiction We describe two experiments exploring the interpretive structures used by adults and young children in their reasoning about an apparentcontradiction. complete contradiction This approach is in complete contradiction to that adopted in the main balance sheet. direct contradiction Sometimes some of the constraints obtained from the objects themselves may be in direct contradiction to constraints already present in the action being invoked. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with contradiction |
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