con·tra·dic·to·ry /ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkt(ə)ri/
(a.)反駁的,反對的,抗辯的正反對,矛盾對立
contradictory
*矛盾
Con·tra·dict·o·ry a.
1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. “Contradictory assertions.”
2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense. --Addisn.
Con·tra·dict·o·ry, n.; pl. Contradictories
1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.
It is common with princes to will contradictories. --Bacon.
2. pl. Logic propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.
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contradictory
adj 1: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true
and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect'
are contradictory terms"
2: that confounds or contradicts or confuses [syn: confounding]
3: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our
findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and
loving vindictiveness"- John Morley [syn: at odds(p), conflicting,
self-contradictory]
4: unable to be both true at the same time [syn: mutually
exclusive]
n : two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true
(or both cannot be false) at the same time