oxymoron

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  • n.【修辞学】矛盾修饰法；矛盾语
  • Web矛盾修辞法；逆喻；矛盾词
Plural Form：oxymorons  

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oxymoron
n.
1.
矛盾修辞法a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, for examplea deafening silence

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1.
Over the last decade, the idea of a "Chinese slowdown" has come to seem like an oxymoron.
过去10年里，“中国放缓”这个概念似乎已变成一个矛盾措辞。
guò qù shí nián lǐ , " zhōng guó fàng huǎn " zhè ge gài niàn sì hū yǐ biàn chéng yī gè máo dùn cuò cí 。
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2.
The term "alternative investments" is something of an oxymoron.
“另类投资”这个词是个矛盾混合体。
" lìng lèi tóu zī " zhè ge cí shì gè máo dùn hùn hé tǐ 。
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3.
He said the notion that markets are capable of regulating themselves is "an oxymoron. "
他认为所谓市场能自动调节的概念是一种“自相矛盾的想法”（anoxymoron）。
tā rèn wéi suǒ wèi shì chǎng néng zì dòng tiáo jié de gài niàn shì yī zhǒng " zì xiāng máo dùn de xiǎng fǎ " ( anoxymoron ) 。
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4.
This may seem like an oxymoron as the economy is declining as more humans upon the mainland go into fear and cease to travel to the islands.
这看似一个矛盾，因为经济正由于美国大陆上有更多人们变得害怕而不再来夏威夷群岛旅行而正在萎缩。
zhè kàn sì yī gè máo dùn , yīn wèi jīng jì zhèng yóu yú měi guó dà lù shàng yǒu gèng duō rén men biàn de hài pà ér bú zài lái xià wēi yí qún dǎo lǚ xíng ér zhèng zài wěi suō 。
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5.
Upon reading the above title, you may find the statement to be a bit of an oxymoron.
从上面的题目看，你会觉得这样的陈述是矛盾的。
cóng shàng mian de tí mù kàn , nǐ huì jué de zhè yàng de chén shù shì máo dùn de 。
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6.
Oxymoron: A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
矛盾修饰法，一种把互相矛盾或不调和的词合在一起的修辞手法，如震耳欲聋的沉默和悲伤的乐观。
máo dùn xiū shì fǎ , yī zhǒng bǎ hù xiāng máo dùn huò bù tiáo hé de cí hé zài yì qǐ de xiū cí shǒu fǎ , rú zhèn ěr yù lóng de chén mò hé bēi shāng de lè guān 。
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7.
The phrase 'friendly divorce' may strike some as an oxymoron, but it is increasingly a trend and a real possibility.
“友好离婚”这个词可能让人觉得矛盾，但它越来越成为一种大趋势和现实的可能性。
" yǒu hǎo lí hūn " zhè ge cí kě néng ràng rén jué de máo dùn , dàn tā yuè lái yuè chéng wéi yī zhǒng dà qū shì hé xiàn shí de kě néng xìng 。
chinese.wsj.com
8.
The term that we coined a few years ago, precision cosmology, used to be an oxymoron.
我们几年前创造了“精密宇宙学”这个词，以前它就是一个矛盾。
wǒ men jǐ nián qián chuàng zào le " jīng mì yǔ zhòu xué " zhè ge cí , yǐ qián tā jiù shì yī gè máo dùn 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
But critics say that "clean coal" is a pipe dream, an oxymoron in terms of the carbon emissions that count most toward climate change.
然而批评者说，“清洁煤”只是一种幻想，由于二氧化碳的排放是引起气候变化的关键，因此“清洁煤”是一个自相矛盾的概念。
rán ér pī píng zhě shuō , " qīng jié méi " zhǐ shì yī zhǒng huàn xiǎng , yóu yú èr yǎng huà tàn de pái fàng shì yǐn qǐ qì hòu biàn huà de guān jiàn , yīn cǐ " qīng jié méi " shì yī gè zì xiāng máo dùn de gài niàn 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
While it sounds like an oxymoron, altruistic punishment is basically how social norms get enforced.
这个术语听起来有点自相矛盾，但正因为有利他惩罚，社会规范才得以巩固。
zhè ge shù yǔ tīng qǐ lái yǒu diǎn zì xiāng máo dùn , dàn zhèng yīn wèi yǒu lì tā chéng fá , shè huì guī fàn cái dé yǐ gǒng gù 。
blog.sina.com.cn
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