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contradiction

/kon-truh-dik-shuhn/US // ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk ʃən //UK // (ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən) //

矛盾,矛盾冲突,矛盾的,悖论

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
    • : assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial.
    • : a statement or proposition that contradicts or denies another or itself and is logically incongruous.
    • : direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency.
    • : a contradictory act, fact, etc.

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Examples

  • These days, his emails have homed in on the contradictions of covid-19 health orders.

  • Just remember, Google is also an emerging technology, and a lot of what it’s doing in the algorithm stands in contradiction to the full-on adoption of AI written content.

  • Pack hired two Washington firms, McGuireWoods and Caplin & Drysdale — apparently in contradiction to federal contracting regulations and guidelines, according to internal documents.

  • Takeuchi doesn’t see a contradiction with the county’s withholding of outbreak data, on the one hand, and the sharing of home addresses with law enforcement, on the other.

  • The contradiction is more apparent as, over a lifetime, one expects to shift from role to role.

  • This may seem like a contradiction, if “conservative” means political conservatism.

  • On some level, Brecht meant for Mother Courage to be an ambivalent figure—he called her “a great living contradiction.”

  • And an inherent contradiction within the Sunni coalition could well trigger a breakup in the longer term.

  • Indeed, the very idea of a same-sex marriage seemed to most people a contradiction in terms.

  • He laughs at the unintentional contradiction of that statement.

  • But all of this is in contradiction to the curses of Jahveh on the serpent, and on those to whom the serpent brought wisdom.

  • This established beyond contradiction, the general equality of men.

  • I found here a contradiction to the vulgar opinion, that hydrophobia is not known in Brazil.

  • On the fourth of October was put forth a vehement contradiction of the story.

  • Her wanting me to lend her money in contradiction to all rules established between Aunts and Nephews is a very ugly circumstance.