contradiction
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1. | [c][u] ~ (between A and B) （事实、看法、行动等的）不一致，矛盾，对立a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc. |
| There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures. 这两组数据相互矛盾。 |
| His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle. 他的公开言论与他本人的生活方式恰恰相反。 |
| How can we resolve this apparent contradiction? 我们怎样才能解决这个明显的矛盾呢？ |
2. | [u][c] 反驳；驳斥the act of saying that sth that sb else has said is wrong or not true; an example of this |
| I think I can say, without fear of contradiction , that… 就算有人反驳，我也敢说… |
| Now you say you both left at ten─that's a contradiction of your last statement. 你现在说你们俩是十点钟离开的，这可和你上次的说法不一致。 |
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To go on hunger strike and shed tears on account of one's personal interests may be considered a kind of contradiction among the people.
为个人的利益而绝食，而流泪，这也算是一种人民内部的矛盾。
So far, governmental dominant economic growth pattern accumulated contradiction of economy of quite a few and economic risk.
到目前为止，政府主导型的经济增长方式积累了相当多的经济矛盾和经济风险。
I made it a rule to forbear all direct contradiction to the sentiments of others, and all positive assertion of my own.
我给自己规定，不得直接驳斥别人观点，不得断然肯定自己意见。
For this point, we have to say the JV regulations are in contradiction with the JV Law.
就此点而言，中外合资法与合资条例是相互冲突的。
"Safety is needed for operation, and operation must be safe" expresses the cause and effect relation of this pair of contradiction.
“安全为了生产，生产必须安全”表述了这对矛盾体的因果关系。
Japan, the great exporter, protected its domestic industries. At the heart of the country's economic problems lay a contradiction.
最大的出口国——日本——对国内工业实施保护政策。在此国家的经济问题的中心存在着一个矛盾。
Economic theory is built on the concept of equilibrium, and that concept is in direct contradiction with the concept of reflexivity.
经济理论是建立在均衡概念之上的，但这个概念与反身性概念直接矛盾。
What once might have been seen as a fatal contradiction in values has been turned by the party into one of its core strengths.
那种曾经可能被视为具有致命矛盾的价值观，已被中共转化为自身的核心力量之一。
This contradiction may seem to be disguised by adjourning the realization of the Idea to a future, to a time when the Idea will also be.
这种矛盾似乎可以有办法加以掩蔽，即将理念实现的时间推迟到将来，因为在将来，理念也会存在。
That would be a contradiction: error is like happiness, perhaps, in that we can only stumble across it rather than seek it out.
那样的话就是矛盾了：也许错误就像快乐一样，我们只能摸索着过去，而非找到出路再出去。
The disappearance of the Earth's magnetic field and with no doubt reversal between biology major contradiction.
地球磁场的消失和逆转无疑与生物学之间有大矛盾。
Do you think it would be fair to view this kind of contradiction as a form of "institutionalised" racism?
你把这看作是一种矛盾，即“制度化”的种族主义，那么你觉得这种观点是否恰当？
"In the lead-up to the IPO, " he said, "there is little indication that this contradiction is diminishing in a significant way. "
“在首次公开发行（IPO）筹备过程中，”他表示。“没有什么迹象表明，这种矛盾正明显消失。”
If he disagreed with a group's attitude or an individual's opinion, he kept his mouth shut or brutally spoke his contradiction.
要是他不同意一群人的态度或个别人的意见，他要么守口如瓶，要么和盘托出自己反对的理由。
Yet there is an inherent contradiction between exerting unyielding political control and trying to unshackle entrepreneurial creativity.
然而，在实施毫不妥协的政治控制和试图释放企业家的创造力之间，存在着内在矛盾。
Kim said the government appears to be a contradiction between the markets and the government's strict state control of the economy.
金说，朝鲜政府看来在市场和政府对经济的严格控制之间处于矛盾状态。
"An open hearing on intelligence matters is something of a contradiction in terms, " he said.
他说，“公开就情报问题进行听证，这根本就自相矛盾。”
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. --G. K. CHESTERTON.
勇气就其意义上讲几乎就是个矛盾，它意味着以一种时刻准备去死的形式表现一种强烈的求生欲望。
V: The fifth key to time managing is to be consistent with your sense of worth, not in contradiction.
第五个时间管理的关键是要和你的价值观相吻合，不可以互相矛盾；
It is usually seems to be a contradiction to green architecture and construction cost.
发展绿色建筑与节约建设成本通常被人们认为是一对矛盾。
To prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction, were after some time made contraband.
为了防止激动，一切独断自信的陈述和针锋相对的争议后来都在禁止之例。
A 'nomad settlement' is a contradiction in terms.
“游牧者的定居”是用词上的自相矛盾。
In the mind of a man and a woman, we're looking constantly at the contradiction between male and female.
在男人与女人之间，我们总是看到，男女之间的不和。
No doubt, this contradiction of labor dispute can be transformed, but the improper conduct of any party may intensify this contradiction.
劳动争议的矛盾固然可以转化，然而，当事人任何一方的不当行为，往往促使矛盾激烈化。
The law of contradiction calls for consistency of thought from beginning to the end, and allows no self-contradiction.
矛盾律要求思想前后一贯，不能自相矛盾。
In case of any contradiction between the modification and this RFP, the latest valid notice in writing shall prevail.
若修改内容与本询价要求相冲突，则以最后发出的有效书面通知为准。
The idea of a loyal opposition still sounds in many parts of the world like a contradiction in terms.
在世界的很多地方，忠实反对派的主意在谈判中犹如一个矛盾。
As a mark of a time-honoured accommodation, Pushtun elders and mullahs often insist there is no contradiction between the two prerogatives.
这种由来已久的迁就与融合的标志就是，普什图长老们和毛拉们经常强调这两大特权阶层之间没有矛盾。
And that contradiction between the drive for growth and the primacy of Marxist-Leninist socialism has never been starker.
而且驱动增长和至高无上的马克思列宁社会主义之间的矛盾前所未有的鲜明。
And yet, observing the strange law of contradiction which obtains in all such cases, the time was long, while it flamed by so fast.
按照在这种情况下流行的奇怪的矛盾法则，时间是漫长的，虽然它火烧火燎地飞逝着。
The contradiction between these three versions of the truth suggests to me a larger philosophical issue that needs to be resolved.
这三个真实的版本的矛盾建议我要解决一个很大的哲学问题。
The sick man seemed to fall into a gap of death, at her contradiction. She ought to play up to him, not to contravene him.
听到她的谢绝声，病人似乎一下坠入了死谷。她应该使他高兴，不该违背他的请求。
You say that you're good friends and yet you don't trust him. Isn't that a bit of a contradiction?
你说你们是好朋友，可你又不信任他，这不是有点矛盾吗？
The very idea of a cautious revolutionary would seem, on the face of it, a contradiction in terms.
从表面来看，“一位谨慎的革命者”这一概念绝对是自相矛盾的。
We, collectively, seem to think there is some sort of contradiction between job growth and regulation when there isn't.
民主党人妥协得太快。我们所有人看起来都觉得就业增长和监管之间存在矛盾，而实际上没有。
He said China always had to deal with its primary contradiction and compromise with its secondary contradiction.
他曾说过，中国永远要解决主要矛盾，协调次要矛盾。
It would probably take years of psychoanalysis to untangle that contradiction, not to mention others too sensitive to name here.
可能要通过许多年的心理分析才能解开这个迷，更不要说那些因为太敏感而不便在此提及的事。
Thus, the original social nature of human life with the contradiction between the primitive religious concepts and the basis of worship.
由此可见，原始社会人类生活同自然界之间的矛盾，是原始宗教观念和崇拜仪式的基础。
They stood openly on porches as if they were watching a parade, drawing an absolutely contradiction to before.
他们公然站在路边，就像在观看一场游行。这与从前的情况是截然相反的。
Self-contradiction besets all governments as they try to work out a role for English in their national culture.
要摆正英语在本国文化中的位置，各国政府都面临类似的两难处境。
There seems to be a contradiction between her words and actions.
她言行似乎矛盾。
His initiative with internal contradiction, is not easy to dissolve a secret.
他倡议同用化解内部矛盾，不易声张。
