paradox
paradox 英 [ˈpærədɒks] 美 [ˈpærədɑks]
n. 悖论，反论；似是而非的论点；自相矛盾的人或事 n. （Paradox）《杀破狼：贪狼》（一部剧情动作电影）
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，反论；似是而非的论点；自相矛盾的人或事
- n. （Paradox）《杀破狼：贪狼》（一部剧情动作电影）
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1. Or is this a paradox of faith?
又或者,这是个信仰的悖论吗？
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2. The method is based on “the friendship paradox” — the counterintuitive idea that your friends have more friends than you do.
这种办法是建立在“友谊悖论”的基础上——这种违反直觉的观点就是说：“你的朋友比你有更多的朋友”。
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3. What if Europe should accept the paradox that its democratic openness is based on exclusion – that there is "no freedom for the enemies of freedom", as Robespierre put it long ago?
如果欧洲应该接受这样的悖论，即它的民主开放是以排他主义为基础的——“自由的敌人没有自由”，就像罗伯斯庇尔很早以前说过的那样？
- 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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