oxymoron
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- n.【修辭學(xué)】矛盾修飾法；矛盾語
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)矛盾修辭法；逆喻；矛盾詞
詞形變化
復(fù)數(shù)：oxymorons
英漢雙解
1. | 矛盾修辭法a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, for examplea deafening silence |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Over the last decade, the idea of a "Chinese slowdown" has come to seem like an oxymoron.
過去10年里，“中國放緩”這個概念似乎已變成一個矛盾措辭。
The term "alternative investments" is something of an oxymoron.
“另類投資”這個詞是個矛盾混合體。
He said the notion that markets are capable of regulating themselves is "an oxymoron. "
他認(rèn)為所謂市場能自動調(diào)節(jié)的概念是一種“自相矛盾的想法”（anoxymoron）。
This may seem like an oxymoron as the economy is declining as more humans upon the mainland go into fear and cease to travel to the islands.
這看似一個矛盾，因?yàn)?/c>經(jīng)濟(jì)正由于美國大陸上有更多人們變得害怕而不再來夏威夷群島旅行而正在萎縮。
Upon reading the above title, you may find the statement to be a bit of an oxymoron.
從上面的題目看，你會覺得這樣的陳述是矛盾的。
Oxymoron: A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
矛盾修飾法，一種把互相矛盾或不調(diào)和的詞合在一起的修辭手法，如震耳欲聾的沉默和悲傷的樂觀。
The phrase 'friendly divorce' may strike some as an oxymoron, but it is increasingly a trend and a real possibility.
“友好離婚”這個詞可能讓人覺得矛盾，但它越來越成為一種大趨勢和現(xiàn)實(shí)的可能性。
The term that we coined a few years ago, precision cosmology, used to be an oxymoron.
我們幾年前創(chuàng)造了“精密宇宙學(xué)”這個詞，以前它就是一個矛盾。
But critics say that "clean coal" is a pipe dream, an oxymoron in terms of the carbon emissions that count most toward climate change.
然而批評者說，“清潔煤”只是一種幻想，由于二氧化碳的排放是引起氣候變化的關(guān)鍵，因此“清潔煤”是一個自相矛盾的概念。
While it sounds like an oxymoron, altruistic punishment is basically how social norms get enforced.
這個術(shù)語聽起來有點(diǎn)自相矛盾，但正因?yàn)?/c>有利他懲罰，社會規(guī)范才得以鞏固。
Smells, whether pleasant or rotten, go far to define this city, where fresh air often seems like an oxymoron.
各種氣味彌漫于整座紐約城，或清香宜人，或腐臭難聞，而新鮮的空氣則似乎成了稀罕之物。
It may sound like an oxymoron: "A phone booth for the mobile world. "
這聽起來好像有點(diǎn)矛盾：“適合移動世界的電話亭。”
Similarly, it is not an oxymoron to be a mainstream Muslim who believes in an Absolute.
同樣，信仰絕對之神與身為主流穆斯林并不矛盾。
Instead, the software is used as a simulation tool to route historical data, to create optimized fixed routes (sounds like an oxymoron).
反而，軟件被使用作為模仿工具尋址歷史數(shù)據(jù)，創(chuàng)造優(yōu)化固定的路線（聲音象逆喻）。
Even the concept of a beautiful Asian man became an oxymoron.
即便是亞洲美男子這一概念也成為一種矛盾的修飾方式。
The idea of an Aston Martin 'luxury commuter car' sounds like a double oxymoron. But it's not a joke.
阿斯頓?馬丁“豪華通勤車”這個說法聽上去真是滑稽得可笑，但它絕非玩笑。
It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles' heel.
聽起來有點(diǎn)矛盾，但錢有它自己的阿基里斯定律。
It sounds like an oxymoron, since Ambien is in the family of sedatives.
這聽起來像是一種矛盾的說法，因?yàn)?/c>安必恩是一種鎮(zhèn)靜劑。
Mr Vayner's assertion that impossible is nothing, though an oxymoron, is a belief shared by many companies.
韋納爾主張的“萬事皆有可能”盡管是一種悖論，卻是許多企業(yè)共同信仰的東西。
Most likely, it's damaged for good as a potential currency with any real value, if that statement isn't an oxymoron on its face.
最可能，這將可能使潛在的優(yōu)秀貨幣遭到摧殘，如果這個申明不像它表面上的那樣矛盾。
The first stage of CBD is the era of monolithic components, a seeming oxymoron that describes the adolescent state of components today.
cbd的第一階段是單片式組件的時代，是今天組件青春期表面矛盾的描述。
The term "Professional Blogger" is no longer an oxymoron.
‘職業(yè)博客寫手’這一措詞不再是一個矛盾修辭。
The term "serious actor" is kind of an oxymoron , isn't it? [Like] "Republican party" [or] "airplane food" .
“嚴(yán)肅的演員”這詞聽著挺自相矛盾的，就像“共和黨”和“飛機(jī)餐”一樣
What many already strongly suspected has been proclaimed true by events: quantifying in finance may be an oxymoron.
一些質(zhì)疑的聲音發(fā)出強(qiáng)有力的質(zhì)疑：量化金融可能導(dǎo)致矛盾的產(chǎn)生。
The decline of the phallus is especially evident in "urban Bhutan, " a term locals insist is not an oxymoron.
這種對陰莖崇拜的降低最明顯的是在“不丹市區(qū)”，但當(dāng)?shù)厝?/c>堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為這跟信仰沒有沖突。
For some developers, given this conceptual framework, the idea of testing first is an oxymoron.
對于某些開發(fā)人員來說，對于這種概念框架，測試優(yōu)先是一種矛盾的說法。
Fifth, the doctrine of expansionary fiscal contraction is an oxymoron in the current context.
第五，擴(kuò)張性財(cái)政緊縮理論在當(dāng)前環(huán)境下可謂自相矛盾。
Singapore also transcends orthodoxies by embodying what seems an oxymoron to free market purists: planned innovation.
新加坡還超越了傳統(tǒng)，其舉動在自由市場“純化論者”看來完全是自相矛盾的--計(jì)劃創(chuàng)新。
Before that oxymoron was a technical term describing a rhetorical device.
在此之前，oxymoron是一個技術(shù)術(shù)語，用來描述一種夸張的裝置。
You may wonder if that is an oxymoron, healthy and chocolate? ? ? ? Let me assure you, it's for real!
健康和巧克力？？？？相信我吧，這是真的！
It sounds like an oxymoron.
聽上去自相矛盾。
when the excesses of the financial system were noted, they called for self-regulation -- an oxymoron.
當(dāng)金融系統(tǒng)的不節(jié)制被指出的時候，他們提倡的是自我監(jiān)督--這個詞本身就自相矛盾。
You hosted Saturn, the taskmaster planet, in your house of happiness, romance, and leisure, but that's an astrological oxymoron.
你在你的主持幸福，浪漫，休閑屋土星，督促工作的行星，但這是一個占星矛盾。
A good, rejected paper, then, is by no means an oxymoron.
由此看來，一篇優(yōu)秀的，被拒稿的論文，很可能也包含了矛盾辯證法。
The term false hope is an oxymoron, and the person feeding you this crud is a moron.
不切實(shí)際的希望這個詞是個矛盾體，告訴你這個概念的人是白癡。
The phrase "self-catering holiday" is an oxymoron.
“膳食自理的休假”這個詞是矛盾修飾法。
Status quo is an oxymoron for any real human, because it's ever-changing and, if there's any life actually going on, pretty boring.
對任何人來說，現(xiàn)存狀況是自相矛盾的；因?yàn)?/c>它是不斷變化而又相當(dāng)單調(diào)沉悶的，如果確實(shí)有生命在向前發(fā)展的話。
In spite of promises from governors about "shovel ready" projects, this term is almost an oxymoron. There were few such projects.
雖然州長們承諾，不少項(xiàng)目已“萬事俱備，只欠資金”（這種說法簡直是自相矛盾），但實(shí)際上這類項(xiàng)目少之又少。
I realise that "exciting Canadian story" is for many people a good definition of an oxymoron.
我意識到，對許多人來說，“動人的加拿大故事”是矛盾修辭的最佳定義。
Here's the latest fashion oxymoron: the casual dress shirt.
這里是最新的時尚修辭：休閑的禮服襯衫。
