| 单词 | contradictory |
| 释义 | contradictory (kɒntrədɪktəri , US -tɔːri ) adjective If two or more facts, ideas, or statements are contradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment. The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes. ...advice that sometimes is contradictory and confusing. Synonyms: inconsistent, conflicting, opposed, opposite Collocations: contradictory advice Quietly getting the financial facts for yourself works much better than listening to the contradictory advice of well-meaning friends. The Sun Under his plans, regulators and quangos will be ordered to work together and stop issuing contradictory advice. Times, Sunday Times They all offer contradictory advice that never works at 4am. Times, Sunday Times The families accused government agencies of failing to co-ordinate their activities with each other and of contradictory advice on the best means of securing their release. Times, Sunday Times Somehow a diagnosis of high blood pressure lends itself to prevarication and interpretation, hence the two years of contradictory advice from doctors and lassitude on my part. Times, Sunday Times Had people been unable to hold contradictory beliefs and values, he suggests, it would have been impossible to establish human culture. Times, Sunday Times Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. Times, Sunday Times He described it in his most famous novel, 1984, as holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously and accepting both of them. Times, Sunday Times These models call into question how one can simultaneously hold contradictory beliefs (static paradox) and deceive oneself without rendering one's intentions ineffective (dynamic/strategic paradox). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So to an extent ministers are guilty of making contradictory demands of the banks. Times, Sunday Times This creates contradictory demands, destructive tensions, mood swings, inappropriate responses; and occasionally a run of staggering beauty and perfection. Times, Sunday Times His discomfort displayed the contradictory demands that televised politics places upon a public figure. Times, Sunday Times Every pastor, sooner or later, faces the contradictory demands of being a professional and being in ministry. Christianity Today He combines the two contradictory demands of the goalkeeper's job: to be rock solid and to provide moments of astonishing inspiration. Times, Sunday Times As you reflect on your options, you notice a volley of contradictory emotions and advice. Times, Sunday Times It was that kind of night: contradictory emotions, a collision of new hope and old resentment, nothing making a lot of sense. Times, Sunday Times This was an instance, so prized in theatre, where one could provoke such contradictory emotions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She comes back into her life during a work case, which reveals lots of contradictory emotions for both of them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Defences against feeling both of the two contradictory emotions include psychological repression, isolation and displacement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Social psychologists have studied how people can maintain inaccurate stereotypes even when presented with contradictory evidence. Christianity Today Police were instructed to start a perjury inquiry after the trial judge raised concerns about contradictory evidence during the trial. Times, Sunday Times Despite giving contradictory evidence, she put on one of the great performances of her life. Times, Sunday Times However, he conceded that conspiracy theorists were not renowned for their willingness to take on board contradictory evidence. Times, Sunday Times The judge said at the end of the case that he was concerned about 'contradictory evidence' given by witnesses. Times, Sunday Times You test what you think about an issue, your own contradictory feelings and where the lines of hypocrisy lie so much better with a joke. Times, Sunday Times It sums up the strong, often completely contradictory feelings her premiership still engenders. Times, Sunday Times Your deepest emotions are tested, you can sort contradictory feelings and know for sure who you love and why. The Sun As these linked stories illustrate, we're all a mass of contradictory feelings and impulses pulling against each other. Times, Sunday Times As a consequence, in some cultures that practice male preimogentiure there are ambiguous, contradictory feelings towards last born sons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many people will shrug their shoulders at the discrepancy and accept that the often contradictory findings are the result of the surveys' individual bases of calculation. Times, Sunday Times There have been smaller-scale studies which either indicate no benefit or a detrimental effect, or that offer inconclusive or contradictory findings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tests carried out on the ink used in the diary produced contradictory findings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While red and blue both compared favorably with amber for glare under various conditions, some contradictory findings were observed for detection time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The contradictory findings allow room for plenty of interpretations and theories. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Border security and citizenship 'are not contradictory goals', he said. Times, Sunday Times The conservation and commodification of bison are fundamentally contradictory goals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Afterwards, the two national movements developed with contradictory goals, leading towards the later clash. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A quasi-constitutional statute uses a primacy clause to achieve the apparently contradictory goals of respecting parliamentary sovereignty whilst retaining primacy in the face of later, contradictory statutes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two contradictory ideas can therefore coexist in the same person because each grazes on a different pasture in the human heart. Times, Sunday Times Occasionally they don't end at all but seem to run off into another dimension, having embraced dozens of apparently contradictory ideas. Times, Sunday Times When we lie to ourselves, we are holding in our mind two contradictory ideas. Times, Sunday Times We shouldn't expect parliamentary draftsmen to convert incomprehensible and contradictory ideas into simple, workable laws. Times, Sunday Times The second world war examined not from the conventional historical viewpoint, but as a crucible for competing and contradictory ideas about the morality of war. Times, Sunday Times But others - in my view the most compelling - fuse contradictory impulses. The Times Literary Supplement The contradictory impulses to combat and to consolidate coexisted so naturally as to be invisible. The Times Literary Supplement It consists of two mutually contradictory impulses. Times, Sunday Times They are destabilised by their two contradictory impulses - the need for unity between parties who must, at the same time, preserve their distinctive identities. Times, Sunday Times The institutions are in place but the mood swings and contradictory impulses of adolescence remain. Times, Sunday Times It has sent you 254 in respect of 'the disappointing service and contradictory information'. Times, Sunday Times What followed appears to be a series of lost or mislaid documents, delays, and contradictory information. Times, Sunday Times Police, who have been criticised for providing contradictory information, have made little progress in the investigation. Times, Sunday Times I am angry with social services for the apathy, the lack of help, the misleading or contradictory information that repeatedly dribbled our way. Times, Sunday Times This whole ordeal has been very stressful and frustrating as we have been given inconsistent and contradictory information on several occasions. The Sun Perhaps this contradictory nature is the key to its undeniable appeal. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The complex and contradictory nature of Wellington himself is evident away from the public portraits. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It was the press who probably felt most keenly his enigmatic, contradictory nature. Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager (2006) During his lifetime he expressed many contradictory opinions, and here some are resolved; others are not. The Times Literary Supplement Trusting your own judgment will take you further than listening to other people's contradictory opinions. The Sun Decisions about love and work are easier now you're no longer swayed by other people's often contradictory opinions. The Sun There are contradictory opinions about its style, which have resulted in different versions regarding the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ambiguity this creates about the book's genre never disappears, reinforced by the contradictory positions adopted at different moments. The Times Literary Supplement Let me make a quick observation about how, in this supposed war, contradictory positions are adopted. Times, Sunday Times The president has failed to resolve these contradictory positions. Times, Sunday Times Having argued their contradictory positions at length, they requested the judge to give his ruling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Amid the usual contradictory reports, briefings tell us to expect class war measures too. Times, Sunday Times Is sleep research as confusing as the contradictory reports on coffee, butter or meat? Times, Sunday Times From 4pm, with the rally nearly officially over, contradictory reports began to arise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were somewhat contradictory reports about his eyesight from his contemporaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also usually accept claims going along with their respective political views since usually many conflicting and contradictory reports are written and accepted by their respective historians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This experiment in managing the deregulated, internet-driven world economy has produced contradictory results. Times, Sunday Times This produced contradictory results, both regarding the degree of ice loss and its causes. Times, Sunday Times Two tests of my genes produced startlingly contradictory results. Times, Sunday Times In the past, polling at such times has produced erratic and often contradictory results. Times, Sunday Times But with so much research offering contradictory results, how do we know what's true? The Sun These apparently contradictory signals are intrinsically linked. Times, Sunday Times Ambiguity allows the leader to send out contradictory signals to different markets. Times, Sunday Times His remarks capped a confusing three days during which the president and his administration emitted apparently contradictory signals about the prospects for reviving the talks. Times, Sunday Times Two days later a contradictory statement was issued, saying that she had fallen and hit her head. Times, Sunday Times Logicians, poets, philosophers and psychologists all love the seemingly contradictory statement. Times, Sunday Times Both sides exchanged contradictory statements regarding what was orally agreed upon, and the project came to a halt. Christianity Today He said that the contradictory statements were the result of him forgetting some of the details of what had happened. Times, Sunday Times Seemingly contradictory statements that are nonetheless true. Christianity Today Regarding the first discrepancy, conflicting and contradictory testimony has been given at various points by various different people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Testimony from them may be used in later retrials, such as to impeach contradictory testimony given at any subsequent proceeding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to the presiding judge, contradictory testimony had prevented clarification of the circumstances and had obstructed due process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, they claimed, the prosecution witnesses gave weak and contradictory testimonies that were wholly insufficient for a capital conviction. Times, Sunday Times For different reasons, each must now find a way of reconciling contradictory versions of a shared experience. The Times Literary Supplement Like all juries we are faced with two contradictory versions of events. Times, Sunday Times An interpretation that most plausibly could apply to both of the two contradictory versions will be adopted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Multiple contradictory versions of the legend survive to this day as historians tried to patch up some obvious mistakes and make it more historically sound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But remember, there will always be contradictory views and signals in the marketplace, so do not be afraid to have the courage of your convictions. Times, Sunday Times As often, the public has contradictory views. Times, Sunday Times But there are contradictory views. Times, Sunday Times Protestants, with their belief in salvation by faith alone, have had difficulty reconciling these contradictory views. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He concluded that in each of these cases, the decisions occurred largely because of groupthink, which prevented contradictory views from being expressed and subsequently evaluated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They voted against three and in favour of two (mutually contradictory) options. Times, Sunday Times We all want different and mutually contradictory things. Times, Sunday Times These “stakeholders” sent back hundreds of mutually contradictory worries and recommendations. Smithsonian Mag It consists of two mutually contradictory impulses. Times, Sunday Times To a small extent, they are sometimes mutually contradictory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She says these two seemingly contradictory roles are actually complementary. ST Bizarre, seemingly contradictory objects of which we ourselves are made. Christianity Today I have two seemingly contradictory rules when it comes to sales shopping: go very sensible, or go a teensy bit silly. Times, Sunday Times Logicians, poets, philosophers and psychologists all love the seemingly contradictory statement. Times, Sunday Times In the history of contemporary science, no one had ever spoken such seemingly contradictory nonsense. Christianity Today Translations: Chinese: 相互矛盾的事实、观点、陈述等 Japanese: 矛盾した |
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