Word familynouncontradictioncontradictorcontradictorinessadjectivecontradictorycontradictablecontradictiouscontradictiveverbcontradictadverbcontradictiouslycontradictivelycontradictorily
The public is being fed contradictory messages about the economy.
民众在被灌输的是互相矛盾的经济信息。
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contradictory• His policies, especially in the first two years of his presidency, often have been confusing and contradictory.• Moreover. such goals that can be indicated are frequently vague, multiple and contradictory.• Upon further questioning, the witnesses gave inconsistent and sometimes contradictoryanswers.• If I took any of this particularly seriously I would risksuffering from nutritionalwhiplash, pursuinghealth in precisely contradictorybinges.• The result is, as we have seen, a difficult and sometimes contradictorycompromise.• Case said these seemingly contradictory deals were simpleexercises in economicbalance of power.• Candidates must make decisions quickly, sometimes with little or contradictory information.• Recently, I have begun to notice another phenomenon: contradictory placenames.
contradictory messages/statements/demands etc• Very often in our work we give contradictory messages.• In addition each of the gospels containscontradictory statements about the same event.• Both of these apparently contradictory statements are obviously true, but only at the level of empiricalobservation.• He was acquitted on May 25,1990, largely because of contradictory statements by witnesses.• Vague, contradictory statements of intent are not enough.• The contradictory demands of justifying and criticizingnationalprejudice can be seen in the everydaydiscourse of racism.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤appear, be, seem, sound看起來矛盾;矛盾;似乎相抵觸;聽起來對立ADVERB➤completely完全矛盾◇The evidence is completely contradictory.證據完全不一致。➤quite, rather, somewhat相當/比較/有幾分矛盾▸➤apparently, seemingly貌似矛盾◇two apparently contradictory opinions兩個貌似對立的觀點➤inherently存在着固有矛盾▸➤internally自相矛盾◇The argument is internally contradictory (= contradicts itself).論據本身自相矛盾。➤mutually相互對立◇The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs.證據表明,人很容易持有相互矛盾的信念。PREPOSITION➤to與⋯相矛盾◇He did something contradictory to his orders.他做了與他的身分不符的事。