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 attitude of society, government and business towards drink and drugs is contradictory and confusing.
  社会、政府和企业对待酒精和毒品的态度彼此矛盾，而且令人困惑。
• 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。
• It is contradictory between people's profits and nature.
  这是人与自然的利益之间的矛盾。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Social development was contradictory.
  社会发展是矛盾的。
• 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。