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 paradox ['pærәdɒks]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 似非而是的论点, 自相矛盾的话, 悖论, 怪人怪事

[化] 佯谬

[医] 反论, 奇论, 自相矛盾, 奇异现象




    paradox
    [ noun ]
    (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
    <noun.communication>
    `I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false


    paradox \par"a*dox\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks), n.; pl. {paradoxes}
    (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks*[e^]z). [F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr.
    Gr. para`doxon; para` beside, beyond, contrary to + dokei^n
    to think, suppose, imagine. See {Para-}, and {Dogma}.]
    A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an
    assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to
    common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd,
    but yet may be true in fact.

    A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it
    appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
    --Hooker.

    This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it
    proof. --Shak.

    {Hydrostatic paradox}. See under {Hydrostatic}.

    1. The real paradox, Mr. Grant says, is the raging of an "intergalactic bull market" amid signs of a "weakening credit structure."
    2. Ms Suchocka said: 'It is a paradox that this debate comes as our economic recovery is becoming ever more apparent.'
    3. Public health and agricultural officials would no longer confront us with the paradox of, on the one hand, ordering warning statements on cigarette packs and the other, providing subsidies for the growth of a lethal product.
    4. Behind the statistics assembled by the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission lie the paradox and the burden of Delta history.
    5. Sir, the logic of Mr Grey's gloss (Letters, April 6) on Mr van den Muyzenberg's letter (March 30) is incontestable and points up the paradox that fixed exchange rates must be variable.
    6. This paradox is especially evident in her recent works, exquisitely subtle platinum-palladium and gelatin-silver prints of carefully arranged still-life compositions.
    7. It's a paradox: Good news for the economy is bad news for financial markets because of the threat of inflation."
    8. The paradox of Helsinki is that Soviet military might and economic weakness have combined to make Mr. Gorbachev's meeting with the American President a necessity.
    9. 'I see Mr (Michael) Milken is back in business in the US.' As for Axa's future, there is a paradox.
    10. Some analysts attribute the rise to the paradox that North American economies are strong while their currencies are weak, stimulating imports and exports.
    11. Strictly speaking it is not a game but a paradox about co-operation.
    12. It will be fascinating to see whether it follows the Gate's example and seeks permission (and funds) from its landlords for some improvement in the premises. For pub theatre has become something of a paradox.
    13. Calvinism vs. humanism, the call of conscience vs. the promptings of pleasure: The Dutch were a society of exuberant paradox and competing loyalties.
    14. But the confusion is only the outward manifestation of a property market that is growing very quickly, but not always consistently. In fact, the Polish property market presents something of a paradox.
    15. He thought it an absurd paradox that eastern Europeans were demanding free trade with the west while maintaining barriers with their neighbours.
    16. They also involve a paradox - to reduce the role of the state in industrial affairs, it may first be necessary to intervene more. Such intervention is likely to follow a pattern established by the Renault-Volvo merger.
    17. The strange unexplainable paradox is that in 1970 he won a general election he was expected to lose and in February 1974 lost when he was expected to win.
    18. The paradox hasn't gone unnoticed by short-sellers, who borrow shares and sell them in hopes that the price will fall.
    19. But there was also a paradox at the heart of the desire for reunion, as expressed during the election campaigns.
    20. "This place is a paradox because the natural aspect is serene, but serene is hardly the word to describe the activity here.
    21. But in his ambition to become prime minister, Mr Berlusconi has gathered some odd bedfellows who may find it impossible to cohabit in government. Thus there is a curious paradox in the election result.
    22. A LIFE filled with irony and paradox is how Charles W. Colson, the former Watergate convict, describes his career.
    23. It is a curious paradox that Palestinians who settled in the U.S. and Western Europe are eligible for citizenship after five years, while those who settled in Arab countries, other than Jordan, are permanently excluded.
    24. Paradox is piled on paradox, and double talk is elevated to the realm of supreme absurdity.
    25. "It is rather a curious paradox that it's much easier to hold the alliance together when they're frightened than when they're not," Carrington said in a recent British Broadcasting Corp. radio interview.
    26. Mr. Haraszti delights in paradox, parody, irony and satire.
    27. It is a curious paradox: We know of no individual in the mainstream press who is not professionally capable of rising above personal opinions.
    28. This means that those who buy Claverhouse shares are, effectively, paying 106p to get 100p of assets. There is an element of paradox about this situation.
    29. As a frequent exponent of the principle of ambiguity and paradox in management, I agree with him. As he argued, it would be folly to advocate that all organisations be either completely vertical or horizontal: many should be mixed.
    30. But he takes his instructions from his president - and, on both Nafta and the Round, Bill Clinton was intimately involved in much of the fine print. This produces something of a paradox.
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