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paradox

noun
/ˈpærədɒks/
/ˈpærədɑːks/
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  1. [countable] a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore seems strange矛盾的人(或事物、情况)
    • 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。
    • 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。
    Extra Examples
    • The author tackles one of the deepest paradoxes of life.作者就人生中的一个最大悖论进行了探讨。
    • The facts pose something of a paradox.这些事实有自相矛盾之处。
    • the paradox in the relationship between creativity and psychosis创造力和精神病二者关系中的矛盾
    • The paradox about time is that it seems to go faster as we become older and less active.时间的矛盾之处在于,我们年纪渐长不如以前活跃的时候,它似乎走得更快了。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • apparent
    • seeming
    • great
    verb + paradox
    • create
    • pose
    • present
    preposition
    • paradox about
    • paradox between
    • paradox in
    phrases
    • by a curious paradox
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  2. [countable, uncountable] a statement containing two opposite ideas that make it seem impossible or unlikely, although it is probably true; the use of this in writing似非而是的隽语;悖论;悖论修辞
    • ‘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。
    • 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。
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc1, Languagec1
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a statement contrary to accepted opinion): via late Latin from Greek paradoxon ‘contrary (opinion)’, neuter adjective used as a noun, from para- ‘distinct from’ + doxa ‘opinion’.

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