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

• Under the socialist system both aspects form a unified whole and are not ought not to be fundamentally contradictory.
  在我们的社会主义制度下，这两者是统一的，从根本上说，它们没有矛盾，也不应该有矛盾。
• 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。
• It is contradictory between people's profits and nature.
  这是人与自然的利益之间的矛盾。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Reliability and speediness are contradictory in the digital communication systems which adopt error control in order to solve reliability.
  在数字通信系统中可靠与快速往往是一对矛盾.为了解决可靠性，通信系统都采用了差错控制。
• 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。
• 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。