oxymoron
美 [ˌɑksiˈmɔˌrɑn] 
英 [ˌɒksiˈmɔːrɒn]
- n.【修辞学】矛盾修饰法；矛盾语
- 网络矛盾修辞法；逆喻；矛盾词
词形变化
复数：oxymorons
英汉双解
1. | 矛盾修辞法a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, for examplea deafening silence |
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英英解释
例句
Over the last decade, the idea of a "Chinese slowdown" has come to seem like an oxymoron.
过去10年里，“中国放缓”这个概念似乎已变成一个矛盾措辞。
The term "alternative investments" is something of an oxymoron.
“另类投资”这个词是个矛盾混合体。
He said the notion that markets are capable of regulating themselves is "an oxymoron. "
他认为所谓市场能自动调节的概念是一种“自相矛盾的想法”（anoxymoron）。
This may seem like an oxymoron as the economy is declining as more humans upon the mainland go into fear and cease to travel to the islands.
这看似一个矛盾，因为经济正由于美国大陆上有更多人们变得害怕而不再来夏威夷群岛旅行而正在萎缩。
Upon reading the above title, you may find the statement to be a bit of an oxymoron.
从上面的题目看，你会觉得这样的陈述是矛盾的。
Oxymoron: A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
矛盾修饰法，一种把互相矛盾或不调和的词合在一起的修辞手法，如震耳欲聋的沉默和悲伤的乐观。
The phrase 'friendly divorce' may strike some as an oxymoron, but it is increasingly a trend and a real possibility.
“友好离婚”这个词可能让人觉得矛盾，但它越来越成为一种大趋势和现实的可能性。
The term that we coined a few years ago, precision cosmology, used to be an oxymoron.
我们几年前创造了“精密宇宙学”这个词，以前它就是一个矛盾。
But critics say that "clean coal" is a pipe dream, an oxymoron in terms of the carbon emissions that count most toward climate change.
然而批评者说，“清洁煤”只是一种幻想，由于二氧化碳的排放是引起气候变化的关键，因此“清洁煤”是一个自相矛盾的概念。
While it sounds like an oxymoron, altruistic punishment is basically how social norms get enforced.
这个术语听起来有点自相矛盾，但正因为有利他惩罚，社会规范才得以巩固。
Smells, whether pleasant or rotten, go far to define this city, where fresh air often seems like an oxymoron.
各种气味弥漫于整座纽约城，或清香宜人，或腐臭难闻，而新鲜的空气则似乎成了稀罕之物。
It may sound like an oxymoron: "A phone booth for the mobile world. "
这听起来好像有点矛盾：“适合移动世界的电话亭。”
Similarly, it is not an oxymoron to be a mainstream Muslim who believes in an Absolute.
同样，信仰绝对之神与身为主流穆斯林并不矛盾。
Instead, the software is used as a simulation tool to route historical data, to create optimized fixed routes (sounds like an oxymoron).
反而，软件被使用作为模仿工具寻址历史数据，创造优化固定的路线（声音象逆喻）。
Even the concept of a beautiful Asian man became an oxymoron.
即便是亚洲美男子这一概念也成为一种矛盾的修饰方式。
The idea of an Aston Martin 'luxury commuter car' sounds like a double oxymoron. But it's not a joke.
阿斯顿•马丁“豪华通勤车”这个说法听上去真是滑稽得可笑，但它绝非玩笑。
It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles' heel.
听起来有点矛盾，但钱有它自己的阿基里斯定律。
It sounds like an oxymoron, since Ambien is in the family of sedatives.
这听起来像是一种矛盾的说法，因为安必恩是一种镇静剂。
Mr Vayner's assertion that impossible is nothing, though an oxymoron, is a belief shared by many companies.
韦纳尔主张的“万事皆有可能”尽管是一种悖论，却是许多企业共同信仰的东西。
Most likely, it's damaged for good as a potential currency with any real value, if that statement isn't an oxymoron on its face.
最可能，这将可能使潜在的优秀货币遭到摧残，如果这个申明不像它表面上的那样矛盾。
The first stage of CBD is the era of monolithic components, a seeming oxymoron that describes the adolescent state of components today.
cbd的第一阶段是单片式组件的时代，是今天组件青春期表面矛盾的描述。
The term "Professional Blogger" is no longer an oxymoron.
‘职业博客写手’这一措词不再是一个矛盾修辞。
The term "serious actor" is kind of an oxymoron , isn't it? [Like] "Republican party" [or] "airplane food" .
“严肃的演员”这词听着挺自相矛盾的，就像“共和党”和“飞机餐”一样
What many already strongly suspected has been proclaimed true by events: quantifying in finance may be an oxymoron.
一些质疑的声音发出强有力的质疑：量化金融可能导致矛盾的产生。
The decline of the phallus is especially evident in "urban Bhutan, " a term locals insist is not an oxymoron.
这种对阴茎崇拜的降低最明显的是在“不丹市区”，但当地人坚持认为这跟信仰没有冲突。
For some developers, given this conceptual framework, the idea of testing first is an oxymoron.
对于某些开发人员来说，对于这种概念框架，测试优先是一种矛盾的说法。
Fifth, the doctrine of expansionary fiscal contraction is an oxymoron in the current context.
第五，扩张性财政紧缩理论在当前环境下可谓自相矛盾。
Singapore also transcends orthodoxies by embodying what seems an oxymoron to free market purists: planned innovation.
新加坡还超越了传统，其举动在自由市场“纯化论者”看来完全是自相矛盾的--计划创新。
Before that oxymoron was a technical term describing a rhetorical device.
在此之前，oxymoron是一个技术术语，用来描述一种夸张的装置。
You may wonder if that is an oxymoron, healthy and chocolate? ? ? ? Let me assure you, it's for real!
健康和巧克力？？？？相信我吧，这是真的！
It sounds like an oxymoron.
听上去自相矛盾。
when the excesses of the financial system were noted, they called for self-regulation -- an oxymoron.
当金融系统的不节制被指出的时候，他们提倡的是自我监督--这个词本身就自相矛盾。
You hosted Saturn, the taskmaster planet, in your house of happiness, romance, and leisure, but that's an astrological oxymoron.
你在你的主持幸福，浪漫，休闲屋土星，督促工作的行星，但这是一个占星矛盾。
A good, rejected paper, then, is by no means an oxymoron.
由此看来，一篇优秀的，被拒稿的论文，很可能也包含了矛盾辩证法。
The term false hope is an oxymoron, and the person feeding you this crud is a moron.
不切实际的希望这个词是个矛盾体，告诉你这个概念的人是白痴。
The phrase "self-catering holiday" is an oxymoron.
“膳食自理的休假”这个词是矛盾修饰法。
Status quo is an oxymoron for any real human, because it's ever-changing and, if there's any life actually going on, pretty boring.
对任何人来说，现存状况是自相矛盾的；因为它是不断变化而又相当单调沉闷的，如果确实有生命在向前发展的话。
In spite of promises from governors about "shovel ready" projects, this term is almost an oxymoron. There were few such projects.
虽然州长们承诺，不少项目已“万事俱备，只欠资金”（这种说法简直是自相矛盾），但实际上这类项目少之又少。
I realise that "exciting Canadian story" is for many people a good definition of an oxymoron.
我意识到，对许多人来说，“动人的加拿大故事”是矛盾修辞的最佳定义。
Here's the latest fashion oxymoron: the casual dress shirt.
这里是最新的时尚修辞：休闲的礼服衬衫。
