contradiction

n.矛盾；否认，反驳

noun

1. （事实、看法、行动等的）不一致，矛盾，对立
   a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc.
   1. There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures.
      这两组数据相互矛盾。
   2. 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。
   3. How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?
      我们怎样才能解决这个明显的矛盾呢？
2. 反驳；驳斥
   the act of saying that sth that sb else has said is wrong or not true; an example of this
   1. I think I can say, without fear of contradiction , that…
      就算有人反驳，我也胆敢说…
   2. 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。

名词复数形式:contradictions

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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）。
4. It is precisely in the particularity of contradiction that the universality of contradiction resides.
   矛盾的普遍性即寓于矛盾的特殊性之中。
5. Motion itself is a contradiction.
   运动本身就是矛盾。
6. A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.
   “慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法。
7. The contradiction has become apparent.
   矛盾表面化了。
8. The book merely touches on the main contradiction of feudal society, it does not go into it deeply.
   这本书仅仅触及而没有深刻揭示封建社会的主要矛盾。
9. He laid special stress on analysing the particularity of the contradiction.
   他重点分析了这一矛盾的特殊性。
10. Once this principal contradiction is grasped, all problems can be readily solved.
    抓住了这个主要矛盾，一切问题就迎刃而解了。
11. The two aspects of every contradiction coexist in a single entity.
    矛盾双方共处于一个统一体中。
12. Each aspect of a contradiction presupposes the existence of the other aspect.
    矛盾的一方各以其另一方为自己存在的前提。
13. Your attitude is in contradiction to your character.
    你的态度和你的性格相抵触。
14. Your reply today is in direct contradiction to what you said last week.
    你今天的答复跟上星期说的恰好相反。
15. This fundamental contradiction is not sustainable.
    这一根本矛盾是不可持续的。
16. I am a study in contradiction, but there is not an inconsistency to be found.
    我是一个矛盾的研究，但没有一个被发现的不一致。
17. What's mere, bureaucratic tradespeople's exploitation of the working people aggravated class contradiction and worsened social turbulence.
    同时，官僚商人对劳动人民盘剥，激化了阶级矛盾，加剧了社会的动荡。
18. Therefore, the exchange rate is a contradiction of a country in the dividend distribution and international competitiveness.
    因此汇率就是一个国家在红利分配和国际竞争力这对矛盾上的体现。
19. This phenomenon originates from the contradiction and conflicts between material and spirit, tradition and modernism.
    物质与精神、传统与现代的矛盾和冲突是造成这一现象的根源。
20. I think the goal of economic research is to solve the contradiction between the poor and the rich.
    我认为研究经济学的目标就是为了解决穷人和富人的矛盾。
21. This is a contradiction that cannot overcome.
    这是一个不可克服的矛盾。
22. Deng: There is no fundamental contradiction between socialism and a market economy.
    邓：社会主义和市场经济之间不存在根本矛盾。
23. But this is an irreconcilable contradiction.
    但是这是一个无法和解的矛盾。
24. The new results resolve that contradiction.
    新的研究结果解决了这个矛盾。
25. However, there is a contradiction, this is of the heart, is yourself.
    但是，却有了矛盾，这是内心的，是自己。
26. But surely there is some contradiction.
    这倒是有些矛盾了。
27. The corruption further exacerbated social contradiction in Egypt.
    腐败问题进一步加剧了埃及的社会矛盾。
28. But the contradiction between imperialism and the Chinese nation is the principal one.
    而帝国主义和中华民族的矛盾，乃是各种矛盾中的最主要的矛盾。
29. Still, the basic contradiction between environment and development persists.
    然而，环境和发展的基本矛盾仍然存在。
30. On the basic contradictions of socialist society and the principal contradiction in the current period.
    （一）社会主义社会的基本矛盾和目前时期的主要矛盾。