paradoxical
英 [,pærə'dɒksɪk(ə)l]
美 [,pærə'dɑksɪkl]
TEM8
1、para- "contrary, against" + dox- + -ical
- paradoxical (adj.)
- 1580s, from paradox + -ical. Competing forms were paradoxal (1560s), paradoxial (1620s), but they survive in niches, if at all. Related: Paradoxically.
- 1. We were a team of individuals — as paradoxical as that sounds.
- 我们是一个保持了个体的团队——尽管这听起来自相矛盾。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He is a paradoxical aesthete as well as a paradoxical moralist.
- 他是一个矛盾的唯美主义者,同时他更是一个矛盾的道德家.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. When the superior money has disappeared, the situation becomes very paradoxical.
- 当较优越的货币消失时, 情况便变得有点似是而非了.
来自辞典例句
- 4. This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.
- 这种模棱两可的说法似乎自相矛盾.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The result of such punishments is often paradoxical.
- 这样惩罚的结果往往适得其反.
来自辞典例句
