paradox
paradox 英 [ˈpærədɒks] 美 [ˈpærədɑks]
n. 悖论；自相矛盾的人或事
名词复数:paradoxes
- Here's a mind-bender: "This statement is false." If you think it's true, then it must be false, but if you think it's false, it must be true. Now, that's a paradox!
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- n. 悖论；自相矛盾的人或事
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1. 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间聊。
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2. ‘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。
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3. 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。
- paradox (n.) 1530s, "statement contrary to common belief or expectation," from Middle French paradoxe (14c.) and directly from Latin paradoxum "paradox, statement seemingly absurd yet really true," from Greek paradoxon, noun use of neuter of adjective paradoxos "contrary to expectation, incredible," from para- "contrary to" (see para- (1)) + doxa "opinion," from dokein "to appear, seem, think" (from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept"). Meaning "statement that is seemingly self-contradictory yet not illogical or obviously untrue" is from 1560s.
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