| 单词 | paradox |
| 释义 | paradox (pærədɒks ) Word forms: paradoxes 1. countable noun You describe a situation as a paradox when it involves two or more facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other. The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems. The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more. Death itself is a paradox, the end yet the beginning. Synonyms: contradiction, mystery, puzzle, ambiguity 2. variable noun A paradox is a statement in which it seems that if one part of it is true, the other part of it cannot be true. The story contains many levels of paradox. Although I'm so successful I'm really rather a failure. That's a paradox, isn't it? Collocations: apparent paradox British politicians of all parties seem to be genuinely mystified by the apparent paradox that democratic majorities vote for tax changes that favour wealthy minorities. Times, Sunday Times (2007) There is an obvious explanation of this apparent paradox. The Bullet Catchers (1989) There are at least two different resolutions of this apparent paradox. The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995) There are two obvious ways to resolve this paradox. Times, Sunday Times How to resolve this paradox? Times, Sunday Times The existence of bubbles and crashes in such a simple context was unsettling for the economics community that tried to resolve the paradox on various features of the experiments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ancient rishis, or sages, resolved this paradox by referring to the evolutionary stages of consciousness that we all share. Times, Sunday Times There are two possible considerations which could assist in resolving this paradox. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time, in a seeming paradox, they are statistically more likely to be obese. Times, Sunday Times This view leads to a seeming paradox: one can perform an illegal act without committing a crime, while a criminal act could be perfectly legal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He discovered the answer to several seeming paradoxes caused by ascertainment bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a strange paradox. Times, Sunday Times And here's the strange paradox. Times, Sunday Times It's a strange paradox, isn't it? Times, Sunday Times And it leads to a strange paradox. Times, Sunday Times I had entered a strange paradox in the world of luxury retreats. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 自相矛盾 Japanese: パラドックス |
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