C2a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics自相矛盾的情况;似非而是的说法,悖论
[ + that ]It's a curious paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.大量喝水经常会让人感觉口渴,这是看似矛盾而正确的奇怪说法。
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PARADOX | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤apparent, seeming (especially NAmE) 明顯的/表面上的矛盾➤great極大的矛盾➤central, fundamental中心矛盾;基本悖論➤curious, interesting, strange古怪的/有趣的/奇怪的矛盾VERB + PARADOX➤create, pose, present形成/建立/構成矛盾◇The facts pose something of a paradox.這些事實有自相矛盾之處。➤address, explore處理/探索悖論➤reveal揭示矛盾➤explain, resolve, solve解釋矛盾;解決矛盾PREPOSITION➤paradox about關於⋯的矛盾◇The paradox about time is that it seems to go faster as we become older and less active.時間的矛盾之處在於,我們年紀漸長不如以前活躍的時候,它似乎走得更快了。➤paradox between⋯之間的矛盾◇the paradox between the real and the ideal現實與理想之間的矛盾➤paradox in⋯中的矛盾◇the paradox in the relationship between creativity and psychosis創造力和精神病二者關係中的矛盾➤paradox of⋯的矛盾◇The author tackles one of the deepest paradoxes of life.作者就人生中的一個最大悖論進行了探討。PHRASES➤by a curious paradox按奇怪的矛盾◇By a curious paradox, the team became less motivated the more games it won.這個隊贏的場次越多越沒有動力,真是一個奇怪的矛盾。