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 contradictory explanations caused understandable confusion.
  互相矛盾的解释引起了可想而知的混乱。
• Some anthropological hypotheses may appear to be contradictory but actually are not.
  一些人类学的假设看起来可能是矛盾的，但事实上并非如此。
• So, long end and brand are not contradictory, but it is two concepts of different classes.
  因此，长尾和品牌不是矛盾的，而是两个不同类别的概念。
• For Jung, dualism and monism were not mutually contradictory and exclusive, but complimentary aspects of reality.
  作为容格，二元论和一元论并不是互相地对立和排外的，而是实相的连续外貌。
• 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。
• 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。
• The wife you knew I have how contradictory?
  老婆你知道我有多么矛盾吗？
• In fact, love isn't contradictory to freedom.
  其实，爱和自由是不矛盾的。
• 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。
• Social development was contradictory.
  社会发展是矛盾的。