paradoxical
英 [,pærə‘dɒksɪk(ə)l]美 [,pærə‘dɑksɪkl]- adj. 矛盾的；诡论的；似非而是的
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1、para- "contrary, against" dox- -ical英文词源
paradoxical (adj.)1580s, from paradox -ical. Competing forms were paradoxal (1560s), paradoxial (1620s), but they survive in niches, if at all. Related: Paradoxically.双语例句
1. 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。来自柯林斯例句
2. He is a paradoxical aesthete as well as a paradoxical moralist.他是一个矛盾的唯美主义者,同时他更是一个矛盾的道德家.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. When the superior money has disappeared, the situation becomes very paradoxical.当较优越的货币消失时, 情况便变得有点似是而非了.来自辞典例句
4. This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.这种模棱两可的说法似乎自相矛盾.来自辞典例句
5. The result of such punishments is often paradoxical.这样惩罚的结果往往适得其反.