contradict
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they contradict | |
| he / she / it contradicts | |
| past simple contradicted | |
| past participle contradicted | |
| -ing form contradicting |
to say that something that somebody else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true 反驳；驳斥；批驳 - contradict something
All evening her husband contradicted everything she said. 整个晚上她说什么丈夫都反驳。 - contradict somebody/yourself
You've just contradicted yourself (= said the opposite of what you said before). 你恰好与你刚才说的自相矛盾。 - contradict (somebody) + speech
‘No, it’s not,’ she contradicted (him). “不，不是的。” 她反驳（他）说。
- contradict something
- contradict something | contradict each other
(of statements or pieces of evidence 陈述或证据 to be so different from each other that one of them must be wrong 相抵触；相矛盾；相反 The two stories contradict each other. 这两种说法相互抵触。 This version of events was contradicted by eye-witness reports. 对事件的这种说法和目击者的报告相矛盾。
Language Bank evidenceevidenceGiving proof 提供证据 There is clear evidence that TV advertising influences what children buy. 有明确的证据表明电视广告影响儿童的购买行为。
It is clear from numerous studies that TV advertising influences what children buy. 众多研究清楚地表明电视广告影响儿童的购买行为。
Recent research demonstrates that TV advertising influences children’s spending habits. 最近的研究表明电视广告影响儿童的消费习惯。
Many parents think that TV advertising influences their children. This view is supported by the findings of a recent study, which show a clear link between television advertisements and children’s spending habits. 许多家长认为电视广告对他们的孩子会产生影响。这一观点得到近期研究结果的支持，即电视广告和儿童消费习惯之间有明显的关联。
The findings also reveal that most children are unaware of the persuasive purpose of advertising. 这些研究结果还显示大多数儿童没有意识到广告的说服意图。
There is little evidence that children understand the persuasive intent of advertising. 几乎没有证据表明儿童能够理解广告的说服意图。
The results contradict claims that advertising is unrelated to children’s spending habits. 这些研究结果否定了广告与儿童消费习惯无关的说法。
Manufacturers argue that it is difficult to prove that advertising alone influences what children buy. 生产厂商争辩说，很难证明单凭广告就能影响儿童的购买行为。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- blatantly
- clearly
- completely
- …
- appear to
- seem to
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin contradict- ‘spoken against’, from the verb contradicere, originally contra dicere ‘speak against’.