paradox
noun /ˈpærədɒks/
/ˈpærədɑːks/
- [countable] a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore seems strange
矛盾的人（或事物、情况） - He was a paradox—a loner who loved to chat to strangers.
他真是个矛盾人物，生性孤僻却又喜欢和陌生人闲聊。 - It is a curious paradox that professional comedians often have unhappy personal lives.
这真是个奇怪的矛盾现象：职业喜剧演员的私人生活往往并不快乐。
- The author tackles one of the deepest paradoxes of life.
作者就人生中的一个最大悖论进行了探讨。 - The facts pose something of a paradox.
这些事实有自相矛盾之处。 - the paradox in the relationship between creativity and psychosis
创造力和精神病二者关系中的矛盾 - The paradox about time is that it seems to go faster as we become older and less active.
时间的矛盾之处在于，我们年纪渐长不如以前活跃的时候，它似乎走得更快了。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- apparent
- seeming
- great
- …
- create
- pose
- present
- …
- paradox about
- paradox between
- paradox in
- …
- by a curious paradox
- He was a paradox—a loner who loved to chat to strangers.
- [countable, uncountable] a statement containing two opposite ideas that make it seem impossible or unlikely, although it is probably true; the use of this in writing
似非而是的隽语；悖论；悖论修辞 - ‘More haste, less speed’ is a well-known paradox.
“欲速则不达” 是人们熟知的似非而是的隽语。 - It's a work full of paradox and ambiguity.
这部作品充满了似非而是及模棱两可之处。
WordfinderTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc1, Languagec1- alliteration
- euphemism
- figure of speech
- hyperbole
- image
- litotes
- metaphor
- metonymy
- onomatopoeia
- paradox
- ‘More haste, less speed’ is a well-known paradox.
词源mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a statement contrary to accepted opinion): via late Latin from Greek paradoxon ‘contrary (opinion)’, neuter adjective used as a noun, from para- ‘distinct from’ + doxa ‘opinion’.