contradiction

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  • n.矛盾；反驳；驳斥
  • Web否认；不一致；抵触
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contradiction
n.
1.
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~ (between A and B)
（事实、看法、行动等的）不一致，矛盾，对立a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc.
There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures.
这两组数据相互矛盾。
His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle.
他的公开言论与他本人的生活方式恰恰相反。
How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?
我们怎样才能解决这个明显的矛盾呢？
2.
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反驳；驳斥the act of saying that sth that sb else has said is wrong or not true; an example of this
I think I can say, without fear of contradiction , that…
就算有人反驳，我也敢说…
Now you say you both left at ten─that's a contradiction of your last statement.
你现在说你们俩是十点钟离开的，这可和你上次的说法不一致。

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To go on hunger strike and shed tears on account of one's personal interests may be considered a kind of contradiction among the people.
为个人的利益而绝食，而流泪，这也算是一种人民内部的矛盾。
wèi gè rén de lì yì ér jué shí , ér liú lèi , zhè yě suàn shì yī zhǒng rén mín nèi bù de máo dùn 。
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So far, governmental dominant economic growth pattern accumulated contradiction of economy of quite a few and economic risk.
到目前为止，政府主导型的经济增长方式积累了相当多的经济矛盾和经济风险。
dào mù qián wéi zhǐ , zhèng fǔ zhǔ dǎo xíng de jīng jì zēng zhǎng fāng shì jī lěi le xiāng dāng duō de jīng jì máo dùn hé jīng jì fēng xiǎn 。
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3.
I made it a rule to forbear all direct contradiction to the sentiments of others, and all positive assertion of my own.
我给自己规定，不得直接驳斥别人观点，不得断然肯定自己意见。
wǒ gěi zì jǐ guī dìng , bù dé zhí jiē bó chì bié rén guān diǎn , bù dé duàn rán kěn dìng zì jǐ yì jiàn 。
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For this point, we have to say the JV regulations are in contradiction with the JV Law.
就此点而言，中外合资法与合资条例是相互冲突的。
jiù cǐ diǎn ér yán , zhōng wài hé zī fǎ yǔ hé zī tiáo lì shì xiāng hù chōng tū de 。
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5.
"Safety is needed for operation, and operation must be safe" expresses the cause and effect relation of this pair of contradiction.
“安全为了生产，生产必须安全”表述了这对矛盾体的因果关系。
" ān quán wèi le shēng chǎn , shēng chǎn bì xū ān quán " biǎo shù le zhè duì máo dùn tǐ de yīn guǒ guān xì 。
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6.
Japan, the great exporter, protected its domestic industries. At the heart of the country's economic problems lay a contradiction.
最大的出口国——日本——对国内工业实施保护政策。在此国家的经济问题的中心存在着一个矛盾。
zuì dà de chū kǒu guó —— rì běn —— duì guó nèi gōng yè shí shī bǎo hù zhèng cè 。 zài cǐ guó jiā de jīng jì wèn tí de zhōng xīn cún zài zhe yī gè máo dùn 。
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Economic theory is built on the concept of equilibrium, and that concept is in direct contradiction with the concept of reflexivity.
经济理论是建立在均衡概念之上的，但这个概念与反身性概念直接矛盾。
jīng jì lǐ lùn shì jiàn lì zài jūn héng gài niàn zhī shàng de , dàn zhè ge gài niàn yǔ fǎn shēn xìng gài niàn zhí jiē máo dùn 。
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What once might have been seen as a fatal contradiction in values has been turned by the party into one of its core strengths.
那种曾经可能被视为具有致命矛盾的价值观，已被中共转化为自身的核心力量之一。
nà zhǒng céng jīng kě néng bèi shì wéi jù yǒu zhì mìng máo dùn de jià zhí guān , yǐ bèi zhōng gòng zhuǎn huà wéi zì shēn de hé xīn lì liang zhī yī 。
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This contradiction may seem to be disguised by adjourning the realization of the Idea to a future, to a time when the Idea will also be.
这种矛盾似乎可以有办法加以掩蔽，即将理念实现的时间推迟到将来，因为在将来，理念也会存在。
zhè zhǒng máo dùn sì hū kě yǐ yǒu bàn fǎ jiā yǐ yǎn bì , jí jiāng lǐ niàn shí xiàn de shí jiān tuī chí dào jiāng lái , yīn wèi zài jiāng lái , lǐ niàn yě huì cún zài 。
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That would be a contradiction: error is like happiness, perhaps, in that we can only stumble across it rather than seek it out.
那样的话就是矛盾了：也许错误就像快乐一样，我们只能摸索着过去，而非找到出路再出去。
nà yàng de huà jiù shì máo dùn le : yě xǔ cuò wù jiù xiàng kuài lè yí yàng , wǒ men zhǐ néng mō suǒ zhe guò qù , ér fēi zhǎo dào chū lù zài chū qù 。
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