contradictory

英[ˌkɒntrə'dɪktəri] 美[ˌkɑːntrə'dɪktəri]

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adj. (形容词)

n. (名词)

Noun:

two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

Adjective:

of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false;
"`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"
that confounds or contradicts or confuses
in disagreement;
"the figures are at odds with our findings"
"contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"
unable to be both true at the same time

1. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.: 海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。

2. He is notorious for making unexpected, often self-contradictory, comments.: 他发表的那些出人意料而且经常自相矛盾的评论令他臭名昭著。

3. We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.: 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。

4. The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs.: 证据表明人很容易持有相互矛盾的信念.

用作形容词 (adj.)

I was bewildered by the contradictory statements.
我被互相矛盾的陈述搞得莫衷一是。
People found this sort of contradictory reality hard to accept.
人们都觉得这矛盾的现实难以接受。

用作名词 (n.)

His remark was contradictory to the truth.
他的叙述与事实矛盾。
We had to face up to a number of seemingly contradictory concerns.
我们不得不正视若干看起来相互矛盾的问题。

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