contradiction in terms

1. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.
   以营利为目的的公共服务机构——这是典型的用词上的自相矛盾（如果真有这种说法的话）。
2. A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.
   “慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法。
3. It seems like a contradiction in terms, but it is a blessed truth.
   似乎是矛盾，其实是真理。
4. They are the same. Regardless of your job or career, you are called to full-time Christian service. A "non-serving Christian" is a contradiction in terms.
   不论你从事何种职业，你已被呼召作全时间的基督徒事奉，“不事奉的基督徒”这一个词本身就是矛盾的。
5. Young grandmother, I always thought, was the ultimate contradiction in terms.
   我一直认为年轻的祖母是个最自相矛盾的说法了。
6. If Coach is to recover, Wall Street is going to need to let it ease off the gas pedal, make like Burberry, and realize that a sterling brand and massive sales are a contradiction in terms.
   蔻驰要想重振旗鼓，华尔街就应该适当放手，效仿巴宝莉（Burberry）的做法，并意识到品牌的高贵形象与巨大的销量是不可兼得的。
7. It is a contradiction in terms.
   这在措词上是自相矛盾的。
8. A contradiction in terms, The New River is the oldest river in the western hemisphere.
   恰恰和它的名字相反，新河实际上是西半球最古老的河流之一。
9. ` A generous miser 'is a contradiction in terms.
   ‘慷慨的吝啬鬼’在用词上自相矛盾。
10. You can't call a hedgehog cuddly? that is a contradiction in terms!
    你不能说刺猬逗人喜爱－那个说法在词语上自相矛盾。
11. In other words, to speak of a society without these costs entails a contradiction in terms.
    换言之，说一个社会没有这些费用是矛盾的说法。
12. Hong Kong is a contradiction in terms: although a bustling modern city, its inhabitants still cherish the regions rich culture and ancient traditions.
    香港是一个很矛盾的城市：虽然是一个很繁华的现代化城市，其市民依然很热衷于浓厚的地区文化和传统。
13. Ultimately he hopes to show that science humor is not a contradiction in terms or a dangerous juxtaposition.
    他的终极愿望是让人了解，科学幽默并非矛盾的用词，两者并列也没有危险。
14. There has never been a rational religion before. it's almost a contradiction in terms.
    过去从未有过理性的宗教。这本身就几乎是一种自相矛盾的说法。
15. A lone woman going on holiday to a honeymoon island like Matlock was a contradiction in terms.
    一个孀居女子到马特洛克岛那样的蜜月胜地去度假，真是一件稀罕事。
16. A true woman is a contradiction in terms.
    一个忠诚的女人在字面上就矛盾。
17. Fat that keeps you lean sounds like a contradiction in terms, but that's what brown fat does.
    脂肪可以让你瘦身&听起来象是个矛盾说法，但这就是棕色脂肪所起的作用。
18. An angelical fiend is a contradiction in terms.
    天使般的恶魔－这是一种自相矛盾的说法。
19. He suspected that the notion of an honest politician was a contradiction in terms.
    他怀疑“诚实的政客”这个提法在用词上自相矛盾。
20. To speak of an educated young person or of a wise young person, rich in the understanding of basic ideas and issues, is as much a contradiction in terms as to speak of a round square.
    说某个有知识的年轻人或某个聪明的年轻人善于理解一些基本概念和基本问题，如同把圆的说成方的一样，自相矛盾。
21. It is not the first contradiction in terms applied to such problems.
    这并非首个描述此类问题的矛盾说法。
22. Its style affirms that virtue without joy is a contradiction in terms.
    该队的风格肯定了光球技高超但没有踢球的欢乐是自相矛盾的。
23. Progress and Contradiction Comparative analysis between China and Russian in terms of reform on ownership
    中国所有制改革的进展和矛盾中俄所有制改革比较分析
24. Thirdly, the celebration activities of the silkworm flower festival not only entertain people, but more importantly, it could comfort the soul and relieve the contradiction, which has the significance in terms of sociology.
    三是含山蚕花节的蚕事庆典活动不仅具有文化娱乐的功能，更重要是慰藉了心灵，缓解了矛盾，具有社会学意义上的功能。

noun

1. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
   1. the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction

   Synonym:    contradiction