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

• Social development was contradictory.
  社会发展是矛盾的。
• New information can be contradictory, but facts and entailments can only be added, never deleted.
  新的信息可以是和旧的信息矛盾的，但是事实和推导只能被增加而不能被删减。
• The Judaeo-Christian tradition is diverse, jumbled, contradictory, at every point inviting inquiry and debate.
  犹太-基督教传统呈现多样化，混乱复杂，相互矛盾，在各个方面都会引发质疑和争论。
• Playing different roles at different times in Chinese history, their representation in historical sources is contradictory.
  他们在不同历史时期扮演着不同的角色，在中国的历史记载中，对他们的描述充满了矛盾。
• The answers to this question were various and contradictory.
  对这个问题的回答前后不同，而且自相矛盾。
• The wife you knew I have how contradictory?
  老婆你知道我有多么矛盾吗？
• 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。
• Equality and freedom arc inseparable, but often contradictory in real social life.
  摘要平等与自由密不可分，但在实际社会生活中却往往是矛盾的。
• The English language is full of other apparently contradictory tendencies for words relating to ethnicity.
  英语中还充满了其他一些显然具有矛盾倾向的与种族相关的词。
• 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。