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

单词	paradox
释义	par·a·dox I. \ˈparəˌdäks also ˈper-\ noun (-es) Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, incredible, from para- para (I) + -doxos (from dokein to think) — more at decent 1. : a tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion 2. a. : a statement or sentiment that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet perhaps true in fact < present-day paradoxes like “mobilizing for peace” — E.R.May > < paradox that the more terrible the prospect of thermonuclear war becomes, the less likely it is to happen — Blackwood's > < here is a noble paradox: religion tries to satisfy man while its essential purpose is to make him dissatisfied — W.L.Sullivan > 2. b. (1) : a statement that is actually self-contradictory and hence false even though its true character is not immediately apparent (2) : an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises — see liar paradox, russell's paradox 3. : something (as a human being, phenomenon, state of affairs, or action) with seemingly contradictory qualities or phases < she is an interesting paradox, an infinitely shy person with an enormously intuitive gift for understanding people — Current Biography > < the colonel … is a paradox — a well-known secret agent — John Kobler > < there is paradox in the fact that the artist has come into his own in an age which hates him — W.P.Clancy > < his lectures on mechanical paradoxes (such as man's lifting himself by his own bootstraps, rolling a barrel uphill by gravity) — C.W.Mitman > < the paradox of impoverished people in a rich land — University of Minnesota Press Cat. > II. intransitive verb : to utter paradoxes
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