paradox

noun

1. 矛盾的人（或事物、情况）
   a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore seems strange
   1. He was a paradox─a loner who loved to chat to strangers.
      他真是个矛盾人物，生性孤僻却又喜欢和陌生人闲聊。
   2. It is a curious paradox that professional comedians often have unhappy personal lives.
      这真是个奇怪的矛盾现象——职业喜剧演员的私人生活往往并不快乐。
2. 似非而是的隽语；悖论；悖论修辞
   a statement containing two opposite ideas that make it seem impossible or unlikely, although it is probably true; the use of this in writing
   1. ‘More haste, less speed’ is a well-known paradox.
      “欲速则不达”是人们熟知的似非而是的隽语。
   2. It's a work full of paradox and ambiguity.
      这部作品充满了似非而是及模棱两可之处。

1. N-COUNT 自相矛盾；有矛盾特点的情况
   You describe a situation as a paradox when it involves two or more facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other.
   1. The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems...
      矛盾之处在于这个地区最有活力的经济体却有着最落后的金融体系。
   2. The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more...
      锻炼奇怪的地方在于它会越活动越有劲。
   3. Death itself is a paradox, the end yet the beginning.
      死亡本身就是自相矛盾的，既是终结也是开始。
2. N-VAR 悖论；自相矛盾的说法；似矛盾而（可能）正确的说法
   A paradox is a statement in which it seems that if one part of it is true, the other part of it cannot be true.
   1. The story contains many levels of paradox...
      这个故事存在多重悖论。
   2. Although I'm so successful I'm really rather a failure. That's a paradox, isn't it?
      虽然我非常成功，可事实上我却是个相当失败的人。这句话自相矛盾，是吧？

1. The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems
   矛盾之处在于这个地区最有活力的经济体却有着最落后的金融体系。
2. The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more
   锻炼奇怪的地方在于它会越活动越有劲。
3. Death itself is a paradox, the end yet the beginning.
   死亡本身就是自相矛盾的，既是终结也是开始。
4. The story contains many levels of paradox
   这个故事存在多重悖论。
5. Although I'm so successful I'm really rather a failure. That's a paradox, isn't it?
   虽然我非常成功，可事实上我却是个相当失败的人。这句话自相矛盾，是吧？
6. "more haste, less speed." is a paradox.
   “欲速则不达”是一句似非而是的隽言。
7. The paradox of earth is that it cradles life and then entombs life.
   大地的奥妙在于它既生长万物，亦埋葬万物。
8. The science of happiness offers two explanations for the paradox.
   快乐学为这一矛盾提供了两个解释。
9. Sowe have now resolved this paradox.
   所以我们现在解决了这个悖论。
10. This paper carries out comprehensive interpretation on three inferences in the proposition of clock paradox by space-time diagrams.
    利用时空图对时钟佯谬命题中的三个论断作了全面诠释。
11. This paradox and difficulty is like a metaphorical grain of sand in an oyster;
    这种矛盾和困难如同比喻中的一粒裹在牡蛎里的砂子；
12. I taught civics. that's the first paradox.
    但我教公民学，这是第一个矛盾。
13. The paradox here is that American ideology and US business have led the way in creating globally competitive enterprises.
    此处的悖论在于：在创建具有全球竞争力的企业方面，美国的意识形态和美国公司扮演了领路人的角色。
14. This is the fundamental paradox of Christianity.
    这也正是基督教最基本的矛盾所在。
15. HOW wonderful that we have met with a paradox.
    多么神奇，我们遇到了佯谬！
16. Defeat in victory is a paradox.
    “胜利中的失败”是一个反论。
17. The dilemma of dandyism deeply reflects the paradox of aesthetic modernity.
    纨绔主义的困境，深刻反映了审美现代性中的矛盾命题。
18. Philosophy: Paradox, Discovery and Value
    哲学：矛盾、发现和价值
19. He was a paradox.
    他是个自相矛盾的人。
20. Perhaps I illuminate the paradox many modern women face.
    也许我展现了和许多现代女性相反的一面。
21. Her stories are full of mystery and paradox.
    她写的故事充满了神秘和佯谬。
22. This paper puts forward a paradox of voluntary disclosure of earnings forecast to listed companies.
    本文提出了一个关于上市公司盈利预测信息自愿性披露的悖论。
23. It is in this paradox that the astrological and therefore psychological struggle for identity lies.
    上面这句似是而非的话体现了，占星和心理学为身份认同谎言而进行的斗争。
24. Perceptively, Keynes anticipated the development of a paradox.
    凯恩斯敏锐地预见到了一个悖论的演变。
25. Keynes perceived a further paradox.
    凯恩斯发现了又一个悖论。
26. This paradox cannot be explained, you have to experience it.
    这种悖论是不能解释的，你必须经历它。
27. Paradox and discovery are two sides of the same coin.
    矛盾和发现是同一枚硬币的两面。
28. Yet there is a paradox.
    但这里有一个矛盾。
29. Negation and Denial-Two Important Concepts in the Research of the Liar Paradox;
    否定与否认：说谎者悖论研究中的两个重要概念这些问题彼得都一一的做否定的答复。
30. This outbreak of defensiveness embodies one paradox and several myths.
    排外行动的爆发，体现了一个矛盾和几个“神话”。

noun

1. (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
   1. `I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false