词汇 | contradictory |
释义 | contradictory adjective uk /ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/ us /ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɚ.i/ C2 If two or more facts, pieces of advice, etc. are contradictory, they are very different from each other: 对立的;相互矛盾的;不一致的 I keep getting contradictory advice - some people tell me to keep it warm and some tell me to put ice on it.我不断得到相互矛盾的建议——有人要我保暖,有人叫我敷冰。 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 Examples of contradictorycontradictory The findings of these studies have been contradictory. The results of these structural changes have tended to be contradictory. However, their nutritional value remains unclear, because only a few species have been analysed and the results seem contradictory. In fact, many women's texts are caught between contradictory definitions of femininity seeking to either synthesize or transcend them. The significance of these contradictory findings will be discussed further later in this article. It seems unintelligible, if not contradictory, to say that one can have real effects without real causes. However, reasoning in the real world is not easily achieved using such rules as frequently information is incomplete, incoherent or contradictory. Unless these two conditions are met, one ought not to believe any apparent contradiction, for what is apparently contradictory is for that reason apparently false. Neither does the contradictory position of those who fund technical legal assistance give the author a great deal of pause. The literature on public policy change is filled with controversies and contradictory findings over this question. The older generation especially appeared to be caught between the traditional customs and the modernised socio-legal systems, which inevitably produced contradictory and unbalanced responses. The promises are as contradictory as the society that establishes them. This seems somewhat contradictory: a reflective relationship is a single and rather simplistic one, which does not leave much room for complexity. However, this recent work has yielded seemingly contradictory findings of maternal-reported childhood internalizing problems. For another, the notion of frustration here captures what appears as a contradictory movement: migrants desire, and expect, upward mobility when they move. 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. |
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