contradictory

英 [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktəri]

美 [ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktəri]

adj. 相互矛盾的; 对立的; 不一致的
n. 对立物; 矛盾因素

复数：contradictories　

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牛津词典

adj.

相互矛盾的；对立的；不一致的
containing or showing a contradiction
1. We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.
  我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
2. The advice I received was often contradictory.
  我所得到的建议常常是相互矛盾的。

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 互相矛盾的;相互对立的
If two or more facts, ideas, or statements arecontradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
1. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment...
  海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。
2. The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.
  公众可能会持有数种显然互相矛盾的态度。
3. ...advice that sometimes is contradictory and confusing.
  有时候相互矛盾、颇令人费解的建议

双语例句

Reliability and speediness are contradictory in the digital communication systems which adopt error control in order to solve reliability.
在数字通信系统中可靠与快速往往是一对矛盾.为了解决可靠性，通信系统都采用了差错控制。
Some anthropological hypotheses may appear to be contradictory but actually are not.
一些人类学的假设看起来可能是矛盾的，但事实上并非如此。
Under the socialist system both aspects form a unified whole and are not ought not to be fundamentally contradictory.
在我们的社会主义制度下，这两者是统一的，从根本上说，它们没有矛盾，也不应该有矛盾。
In fact, love isn't contradictory to freedom.
其实，爱和自由是不矛盾的。
The English language is full of other apparently contradictory tendencies for words relating to ethnicity.
英语中还充满了其他一些显然具有矛盾倾向的与种族相关的词。
If this is the statement in the article is contradictory.
如果是这样的说法，在文章中是矛盾的。
The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.
公众可能会持有数种显然互相矛盾的态度。
What are you in contradictory? Has not been able not to want to cooperate with me?
你在矛盾什么啊？不会是不想和我合作了吧？
But, somewhat curiously, these contradictory approaches are under attack simultaneously.
但有些奇怪的是，这两种相互矛盾的机制现在同时受到了攻击。
We all get confused about the contradictory messages that life and politics send.
生活经验与政治口号的矛盾把我们都搞糊涂了。