contradictory

英 [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktəri]

美 [ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktəri]

adj.  相互矛盾的; 对立的; 不一致的
n.  对立物; 矛盾因素

复数：contradictories　

高考CET6TOEFLGRETEM4TEM8

BNC.7106 / COCA.7435

牛津词典

adj.

• 相互矛盾的；对立的；不一致的
  containing or showing a contradiction
  1. We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.
     我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
  2. The advice I received was often contradictory.
     我所得到的建议常常是相互矛盾的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 互相矛盾的;相互对立的
  If two or more facts, ideas, or statements arecontradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
  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. The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.
     公众可能会持有数种显然互相矛盾的态度。
  3. ...advice that sometimes is contradictory and confusing.
     有时候相互矛盾、颇令人费解的建议

双语例句

• The poems may not make sense and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to learn and recite.
  这些诗歌不一定有意义，有的甚至看起来前后矛盾，但它们很容易学习和背诵。
• But, somewhat curiously, these contradictory approaches are under attack simultaneously.
  但有些奇怪的是，这两种相互矛盾的机制现在同时受到了攻击。
• The contradictory explanations caused understandable confusion.
  互相矛盾的解释引起了可想而知的混乱。
• The contradictory statements are symptoms of disarray in the administration.
  这些互相矛盾的说法反映了管理的混乱。
• It is contradictory between people's profits and nature.
  这是人与自然的利益之间的矛盾。
• The development of rock as an artistic form has been contradictory.
  摇滚乐作为一种艺术形式，它的发展是矛盾的。
• Under the socialist system both aspects form a unified whole and are not ought not to be fundamentally contradictory.
  在我们的社会主义制度下，这两者是统一的，从根本上说，它们没有矛盾，也不应该有矛盾。
• The wife you knew I have how contradictory?
  老婆你知道我有多么矛盾吗？
• We must avoid contradictory arguments between our consciences and rules that demand us to act ethically.
  我们必须避免我们的良心和要求我们按伦理行事的规则之间的矛盾冲突。
• We all get confused about the contradictory messages that life and politics send.
  生活经验与政治口号的矛盾把我们都搞糊涂了。