contradictory

[.kɔntrə'diktəri]

adj. 矛盾的
n. 矛盾

a.

1. 矛盾的, 对立的[(+to)]

The prisoner's statement was contradictory to the one he'd made earlier.

那个囚犯的供词与早些时候说的相矛盾。

2. 好反驳的, 喜争辩的

a contradictory nature

爱斗嘴的讨厌本性

n.[C]

1. 矛盾因素, 对立物

2. 【逻】矛盾命题; 否定项

词形变化

副词: contradictorily | 名词: contradictoriness | 名词复数: contradictories |

词义辨析

同义:

a.反驳的, 反对的

contradicting  inconsistent  paradoxical  ambivalent  antithetical  incongruous  discrepant  opposing  antagonistic  refutative  negational  conflicting  at variance

a.相反的, 矛盾的

dissentient  dissenting  opposite  contrary  at odds  at variance  dissident  unreconciled  negative  differing  disagreeing  

同义参见:

controversial  destructive  incompatible  incoherent  

英英释义

名词 contradictory:

two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

形容词 contradictory:

of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

that confounds or contradicts or confuses

同义词：confounding

in disagreement- John Morley

同义词：at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory

unable to be both true at the same time

同义词：mutually exclusive

补充

contradictorycontradictory英:[kɔntrəˈdiktəri] 美:[ˌkɑntrəˈdɪktəri]adj.1.矛盾的; 抵触的

例句

1. The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.公众会持有数种明显互相矛盾的态度。 2. advice that sometimes is contradictory and confusing有时前后不一且令人费解的意见 3. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.海关官员就这台设备作出了一系列自相矛盾的陈述。 4. He seemed to be in a contradictory mood, saying the opposite of whatever I said.他看起来是想找碴, 我说什么他都反对。 5. the two attitudes are contradictory.这两种看法是相互矛盾的。 6. the committee rejected the policy as too vague and internally contradictory.委员会认为此项政策过于模糊并且自相矛盾，于是否决了它。 7. contradictory reports appeared in the newspapers.报刊上出现相互矛盾的报道。 8. The witnesses gave contradictory accounts/statements/descriptions of the accident. [=they described the accident in ways that did not agree with each other]目击者们对这个事故的描述不相一致。