paradoxes是什么意思？

paradoxes

英['pærədɒksɪz] 美['pærədɒksɪz]

• n. 似非而是的隽语，看似矛盾而实际却可能正确的说法( paradox的名词复数 )，用于语言文学中的上述隽语，有矛盾特点的人[事物，情况]；

例句

• He would have pardoned him for a few paradoxes. 他会原谅他说那些自相矛盾的话.
• Contradictions and paradoxes arose in increasing numbers. 矛盾和悖论越来越多.
• As far as these paradoxes are concerned, the garden definitely a heterotopia. 就这些吊诡性而言, 花园无疑地是个异质空间.

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？