英语词汇“contradict”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

contradictcontradict /ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkt/ ●●○ AWL verb

ETYMOLOGYcontradict

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of contradicere, from contra- ( ➔ CONTRA-) + dicere to say

VERB TABLE

contradict

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	contradict
	he, she, it	contradicts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	contradicted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have contradicted
	he, she, it	has contradicted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had contradicted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will contradict
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have contradicted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am contradicting
	he, she, it	is contradicting
	you, we, they	are contradicting
Past	I, he, she, it	was contradicting
	you, we, they	were contradicting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been contradicting
	he, she, it	has been contradicting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been contradicting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be contradicting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been contradicting

COLLOCATIONS► contradict each other

The witnesses’ statements contradict each other, and the facts remain unclear.

► directly/flatly contradict

This information flatly contradicts North’s testimony.

1[transitive] if one statement, story, etc. contradicts another one, the facts in it are different so that both statements cannot be true: The witnesses’ statements contradict each other, and the facts remain unclear.directly/flatly contradict This information flatly contradicts North’s testimony.2[intransitive, transitive] to say that what someone else has said is wrong or not true, especially by saying that the opposite is true: Dad couldn’t stand being contradicted.contradict somebody She contradicted him, saying that it happened in 1972, not 1962.3contradict yourself to say something that is the opposite of what you said before: During questioning, Robinson contradicted himself several times.4[transitive] if one situation or event contradicts another, they cannot both happen at the same time or be true at the same time: Heating the water to 150° F kills bacteria but contradicts efforts to save energy.