paradoxical
英[,p?r?'d?ks?k(?)l]
美[,p?r?'dɑks?kl]
- adj. 矛盾的；詭論的；似非而是的
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?paradoxically;名詞:?paradox;
助記提示
1、para- "contrary, against" + dox- + -ical
英文詞源
- paradoxical (adj.)
- 1580s, from paradox + -ical. Competing forms were paradoxal (1560s), paradoxial (1620s), but they survive in niches, if at all. Related: Paradoxically.
雙語例句
- 1. We were a team of individuals — as paradoxical as that sounds.
- 我們是一個(gè)保持了個(gè)體的團(tuán)隊(duì)——盡管這聽起來自相矛盾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He is a paradoxical aesthete as well as a paradoxical moralist.
- 他是一個(gè)矛盾的唯美主義者,同時(shí)他更是一個(gè)矛盾的道德家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. When the superior money has disappeared, the situation becomes very paradoxical.
- 當(dāng)較優(yōu)越的貨幣消失時(shí), 情況便變得有點(diǎn)似是而非了.
來自辭典例句
- 4. This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.
- 這種模棱兩可的說法似乎自相矛盾.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The result of such punishments is often paradoxical.
- 這樣懲罰的結(jié)果往往適得其反.
來自辭典例句