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contradiction in terms

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  • 自相矛盾的说法

详细释义

Noun:
  1. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false;

    "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"

双语例句

    1. Free verse is like free love; it is contradiction in terms.
      自由诗好比自由恋爱,那是语词矛盾的说话。
    2. `A generous miser' is a contradiction in terms.
      `慷慨的吝啬鬼'在用词上自相矛盾。

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