contradictions

英 [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃənz]

美 [ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃənz]

n.  (事实、看法、行动等的)不一致，矛盾，对立; 反驳; 驳斥
contradiction的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 矛盾;不一致
  If you describe an aspect of a situation as acontradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
  1. ...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona...
     她的私生活与公众形象之间的巨大反差
  2. The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the Olympics is supposed to be...
     在我看来，这次的表现是不可宽恕的，和奥运精神完全相悖。
  3. The militants see no contradiction in using violence to bring about a religious state.
     好战者觉得用暴力建立一个宗教国家这种做法并无矛盾之处。
• PHRASE 自相矛盾的说法
  If you say that something is acontradiction in terms, you mean that it is described as having a quality that it cannot have.
  1. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.
     以营利为目的的公共服务机构——这是典型的用词上的自相矛盾（如果真有这种说法的话）。

双语例句

• The contradictions are becoming increasingly acute.
  矛盾日益尖锐。
• Economic development and environmental protection are a pair of contradictions.
  经济发展与环境保护是一对矛盾。
• The harmonious society is not the one without contradictions, but the one which can resolve contradictions.
  和谐社会并不是没有矛盾或冲突的社会，而是一个有能力化解和容纳矛盾或冲突的社会。
• It is a country of contradictions in terms of ideas and history.
  这是一个矛盾的国家观念和历史条件。
• Here there have been inner contradictions and confusion, struggling in the dream and reality, at a loss.
  在这里有过内心的矛盾和困惑，挣扎在梦想和现实中，不知所措。
• His speech contained many contradictions.
  他的话矛盾百出。
• He elucidated the universality of contradictions in his paper.
  他在论文中阐发了矛盾的普遍性。
• The period of transition is full of contradictions and struggles.
  过渡时期充满着矛盾和斗争。
• There exist the contradictions between temporality and protracted nature and between locality and entirety for development of productivity.
  生产力的发展还存在暂时性与长期性，局部性和整体性的矛盾；
• The contradictions within the ranks of the people in our country also find expression among the intellectuals.
  我国人民内部的矛盾，在知识分子中间也表现出来了。