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paradox

[ˈpærədɒks] [ˈpærədɑks]
  • 复数:paradoxes;
  • 副词:paradoxically;
  • 形容词:paradoxical;
  • 例句
    同义词
    英语六级真题
      The learning paradox is at the heart of "productive failure".
      出自-2013年12月阅读原文
      Why does the author call the learning process a paradox
      出自-2013年12月阅读原文
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • N-COUNT
      自相矛盾;有矛盾特点的情况
      You describe a situation as a paradox when it involves two or more facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other.
      例句
      The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems... 矛盾之处在于这个地区最有活力的经济体却有着最落后的金融体系。 The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more... 锻炼奇怪的地方在于它会越活动越有劲。
    • N-VAR
      悖论;自相矛盾的说法;似矛盾而(可能)正确的说法
      A paradox is a statement in which it seems that if one part of it is true, the other part of it cannot be true.
      例句
      The story contains many levels of paradox... 这个故事存在多重悖论。 Although I'm so successful I'm really rather a failure. That's a paradox, isn't it? 虽然我非常成功,可事实上我却是个相当失败的人。这句话自相矛盾,是吧?
    英汉词典释义
    • n.
      似非而是的隽语, 看似矛盾而实际却可能正确的说法
      The faster he tried to finish, the longer it seemed to take him.It is quite a paradox. 他越是想快点完成, 似乎就做得越慢, 这实在是很矛盾。
      有矛盾特点的人[事物, 情况]
      The paradox of earth is that it cradles life and then entombs life. 大地的奥妙在于它既生长万物, 亦埋葬万物。
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. (logic) a self-contradiction;
      "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"
    行业词典
    • 医学: 反论,奇论,自相矛盾,奇异现象:一种状态,似乎是(其实也可能不是)荒唐可笑或自我矛盾的;
      哲学: 悖论;
      数学: 悖论;
      物理学: 佯谬;