paradox

英 [ˈpærədɒks]

美 [ˈpærədɑːks]

n.  矛盾的人(或事物、情况); 似非而是的隽语; 悖论; 悖论修辞

复数：paradoxes　

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牛津词典

noun

• 矛盾的人（或事物、情况）
  a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore seems strange
  1. He was a paradox─a loner who loved to chat to strangers.
     他真是个矛盾人物，生性孤僻却又喜欢和陌生人闲聊。
  2. It is a curious paradox that professional comedians often have unhappy personal lives.
     这真是个奇怪的矛盾现象——职业喜剧演员的私人生活往往并不快乐。
• 似非而是的隽语；悖论；悖论修辞
  a statement containing two opposite ideas that make it seem impossible or unlikely, although it is probably true; the use of this in writing
  1. ‘More haste, less speed’ is a well-known paradox.
     “欲速则不达”是人们熟知的似非而是的隽语。
  2. It's a work full of paradox and ambiguity.
     这部作品充满了似非而是及模棱两可之处。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 自相矛盾；有矛盾特点的情况
  You describe a situation as aparadoxwhen it involves two or more facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other.
  1. The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems...
     矛盾之处在于这个地区最有活力的经济体却有着最落后的金融体系。
  2. The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more...
     锻炼奇怪的地方在于它会越活动越有劲。
  3. Death itself is a paradox, the end yet the beginning.
     死亡本身就是自相矛盾的，既是终结也是开始。
• N-VAR 悖论；自相矛盾的说法；似矛盾而（可能）正确的说法
  Aparadoxis a statement in which it seems that if one part of it is true, the other part of it cannot be true.
  1. The story contains many levels of paradox...
     这个故事存在多重悖论。
  2. Although I'm so successful I'm really rather a failure. That's a paradox, isn't it?
     虽然我非常成功，可事实上我却是个相当失败的人。这句话自相矛盾，是吧？

英英释义

noun

• (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
  1. `I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false

双语例句

• It is in this paradox that the astrological and therefore psychological struggle for identity lies.
  上面这句似是而非的话体现了，占星和心理学为身份认同谎言而进行的斗争。
• The paradox of earth is that it cradles life and then entombs life.
  大地的奥妙在于它既生长万物，亦埋葬万物。
• Yet there is a paradox.
  但这里有一个矛盾。
• I taught civics. that's the first paradox.
  但我教公民学，这是第一个矛盾。
• The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more
  锻炼奇怪的地方在于它会越活动越有劲。
• Negation and Denial-Two Important Concepts in the Research of the Liar Paradox;
  否定与否认：说谎者悖论研究中的两个重要概念这些问题彼得都一一的做否定的答复。
• Keynes perceived a further paradox.
  凯恩斯发现了又一个悖论。
• Perhaps I illuminate the paradox many modern women face.
  也许我展现了和许多现代女性相反的一面。
• Her stories are full of mystery and paradox.
  她写的故事充满了神秘和佯谬。
• He was a paradox.
  他是个自相矛盾的人。