containing or showing a lack of agreement between statements, facts, opinions or actions 相互矛盾的；对立的；不一致的synonym conflicting- We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。🔊🔊
- The advice I received was often contradictory.我所得到的建议常常是相互矛盾的。🔊🔊
see also self-contradictoryExtra Examples- The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
- The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs.证据表明，人很容易持有相互矛盾的信念。
- The evidence is completely contradictory.证据完全不一致。
- two apparently contradictory opinions两个貌似对立的观点
Topics Opinion and argumentc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbprepositionSee full entry Word Originlate Middle English (as a term in logic): from late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradict- ‘spoken against’, from the verb contradicere, originally contra dicere ‘speak against’.