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

• 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。
• In fact, love isn't contradictory to freedom.
  其实，爱和自由是不矛盾的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is contradictory between people's profits and nature.
  这是人与自然的利益之间的矛盾。
• 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。
• Profound research has been made of Balzacian complicated and contradictory world outlook;
  对巴尔扎克矛盾复杂的世界观进行了深入的研究；
• So, long end and brand are not contradictory, but it is two concepts of different classes.
  因此，长尾和品牌不是矛盾的，而是两个不同类别的概念。
• We must avoid contradictory arguments between our consciences and rules that demand us to act ethically.
  我们必须避免我们的良心和要求我们按伦理行事的规则之间的矛盾冲突。