| 词汇 | example_english_curious-paradox |
| 释义 | curious paradoxcollocation in Englishmeanings of curiousand paradoxThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with paradox. curious adjective uk /ˈkjʊə.ri.əs/ us /ˈkjʊr.i.əs/ interested in learning about people or things ... See more at curious paradox noun[C or U] uk /ˈpær.ə.dɒks/ us /ˈper.ə.dɑːks/ a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts ... See more at paradox Examples of curious paradoxThese 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. However, the available data suggest a curiousparadox. We are faced with a very curiousparadox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By a strange and curiousparadox we are now about to penalise ourselves for what appears to be somewhat inadequate reasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, there is a curiousparadox in its structure to which we should give attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a curiousparadox that the most highly skilled men get the least wages in the engineering industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is to be promoted by the curiousparadox of attempting to induce it by an overdose of discipline imposed externally through a military regime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would indeed be a curiousparadox if one were to see such a thing happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want an answer from him, if answer he can give, to this curiousparadox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Despite that, the curiousparadox is that farmers as a whole are in a very bad way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a curiousparadox in a society with too high unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time, it asks for our support in force-feeding funds to local government which seems to me a curiousparadox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a curiousparadox that, on the whole, people will stay in these areas if they have a means of getting away from them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This curiousparadox —perhaps not the most curious among doctors—is worth noting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the curiousparadox we have got ourselves into. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find a curiousparadox in the dilemma of the control of local government expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the explanation of what is, after all, a very curiousparadox? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a curiousparadox that today's teenagers are far larger than their parents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I consider that their leadership has been most successful—by a curiousparadox—where their ability to control events has been least. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who go riding have increased phenomenally in the last few years, and that is a very fine thing, but it has led to a curiousparadox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of curious Go to the definition of paradox See other collocations with paradox |
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