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。
• 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 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。
• What are you in contradictory? Has not been able not to want to cooperate with me?
  你在矛盾什么啊？不会是不想和我合作了吧？
• The wife you knew I have how contradictory?
  老婆你知道我有多么矛盾吗？
• It is contradictory between people's profits and nature.
  这是人与自然的利益之间的矛盾。
• 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。
• If this is the statement in the article is contradictory.
  如果是这样的说法，在文章中是矛盾的。
• The promotion of official language and the preservation of mother tongues in the society with multi-lingual background are contradictory.
  多语言多文化背景下官方语言的推广和弱势族群母语的传承和维护是一对矛盾。
• 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。