| 单词 | contradict |
| 释义 | contradict (once / 246 pages) v "Contra-" usually means "against," and to contradict is to go against or say the opposite of what someone else is doing or saying. Sometimes to contradict is to frustrate with words, like when one person says "The sky is blue" and another says "No, it's azure." Denying or distorting the truth is a big part of trying to contradict. It can be harmless verbal back-and-forth, like when a husband and wife disagree just to disagree, or contradict each other to make a humorous point, but at other times people contradict something to make another person look like a liar. Often, a person who has lied will later contradict himself by saying something different from what he said earlier — and sometimes the two sides contradict each other, and neither is actually right. WORD FAMILYcontradict: contradicted, contradicting, contradiction, contradictory, contradicts+/contradiction: contradictions, self-contradiction/contradictoriness: contradictorinesses/contradictory: contradictories, contradictorily, contradictoriness, self-contradictory USAGE EXAMPLESTherefore, Stanley said, Christians wrestling with parts of Scripture that seem to contradict themselves or modern science need not abandon the faith. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The AIT said the transit did not contradict the “one China” policy. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) While Trump hiring donors is not illegal, it certainly contradicts the message of his own campaign. Salon(Dec 28, 2016) 1v prove negative; show to be false Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper negate affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts invalidate, nullify show to be invalid confute, disproveprove to be false explodeshow (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete controvert, rebut, refuteprove to be false or incorrect falsifyprove false demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment 2v deny the truth of Syn|Hypo|Hyper contravene, negate deny declare untrue; contradict disclaimmake a disclaimer about repudiatereject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust disavowrefuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with differ, disagree, dissent, take issue be of different opinions 3v be in contradiction with Syn|Hyper belie, negate depart, deviate, diverge, vary be at variance with; be out of line with 4v be resistant to Syn|Hypo|Hyper controvert, oppose blackball, negative, veto vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent dissent, protest, resistexpress opposition through action or words strike, walk outstop work in order to press demands defeat, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote outthwart the passage of demonstrate, marchmarch in protest; take part in a demonstration arise, rebel, rise, rise uptake part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance rebel, renegadebreak with established customs rebut, refute overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof |
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