paradoxical

英 [ˌpærəˈdɒksɪkl]

美 [ˌpærəˈdɑːksɪkl]

adj.  似自相矛盾的

考研TEM8医学

BNC.12338 / COCA.12379

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自相矛盾的；似矛盾而（可能） 正确的
  If something isparadoxical, it involves two facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other.
  1. Some sedatives produce the paradoxical effect of making the person more anxious...
     一些镇静剂适得其反，加重了患者的焦虑。
  2. We were a team of individuals — as paradoxical as that sounds.
     我们是一个保持了个体的团队——尽管这听起来自相矛盾。

英英释义

adj

• seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
  1. it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking
  Synonym:self-contradictory

双语例句

• This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.
  这种模棱两可的说法似乎自相矛盾。
• At first sight, this is all terribly paradoxical.
  乍一看，这似乎完全违反了常理。
• Because on the one hand, this is a-this is an acutely paradoxical, puzzling, conceptually confusing theory.
  就是因为它在一方面在概念上极端矛盾，令人迷惑。
• We were a team of individuals — as paradoxical as that sounds.
  我们是一个保持了个体的团队——尽管这听起来自相矛盾。
• Byatt; feminist criticism; intellectual women; confinement; paradoxical desire for space;
  拜厄特；女性主义批评；知识女性；禁锢；矛盾的空间需求；
• It's a paradoxical thing.
  这是一件吊诡之事。
• So it seems paradoxical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation.
  因此，在创造和革新的背景下来谈论习惯，似乎显得有点矛盾。
• Some sedatives produce the paradoxical effect of making the person more anxious
  一些镇静剂适得其反，加重了患者的焦虑。
• The paradoxical result is all too obvious.
  预测结果自相矛盾，这再明显不过了。
• But in nothing are we so paradoxical as in our passionate belief in our own myths.
  但最矛盾的莫过于我们总是那么狂热地相信有关我们自己的神话。