contradictory

contradictory
adjective
  1. mutually opposed or inconsistent
    互相对立的；互相矛盾的
    the two attitudes are contradictory.
    这两种看法是相互矛盾的。
    ■containing elements which are inconsistent or in conflict
    矛盾的
    the committee rejected the policy as too vague and internally contradictory.
    委员会认为此项政策过于模糊并且自相矛盾，于是否决了它。
    ■(Logic)(of two propositions) so related that one and only one must be true
    (逻)（两个命题）互相矛盾的。。 比较 contrary
(pl. -ies)
  1. (Logic)a contradictory proposition
    (逻)矛盾命题
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contradictorily
adverb
contradictoriness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a term in logic denoting a proposition or principle which contradicts another): from late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradict- 'spoken against', from the verb contradicere (see contradict)
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