英语词汇“paradox”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINparadox

Origin:

1500-1600 Latin paradoxum, from Greek, from paradoxis ‘opposite to what is expected’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Isn't it a paradox that the airline with the lowest fares is the one with the most customer satisfaction?
There's a paradox in the fact that although we're living longer than ever before, people are more obsessed with health issues than they ever were.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Being defined in terms of tension or paradox, ambiguity's potential diversity was restored to some sort of unitary wholeness.
Fortunately, a way out of this apparent paradox exists.
It is this paradox, according to Brooks, that is the main point of the poem.
Solving the infective dose paradox might lead to new strategies for elimination of this preventable pneumonia.
The agony and the ecstasy of the eleventh-hour reprieve illustrated the central paradox of Calvinism.
The lek paradox is thus solved at a stroke.
The recent attacks, in which 17 people were killed and 28 injured, are a paradox for many.
To explain this seeming paradox, let me refer you to a drawing now found in many introductory psychology textbooks.

Longman Language Activatora statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas► paradox

a statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas or parts, so that it seems strange that they could both be true at the same time: · There's a paradox in the fact that although we're living longer than ever before, people are more obsessed with health issues than they ever were.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► apparent

· Can some one explain this apparent paradox please?· Among the multiple causes of this apparent paradox, one is of outstanding importance.· No easy answers came and there were many apparent paradoxes.· Fortunately, a way out of this apparent paradox exists.· The explanation for this apparent paradox is provided by the distinction between the subjective and the objective role of historical figures.· Then, she told me, she remembered previous times when an apparent paradox had puzzled her.· Baldwin was crucial to this apparent paradox, both objectively and subjectively.· I start from an apparent paradox.

► central

· These stories illustrate the central paradox of town-country relations.· The examples by Duchamp and Malevich provide also an indication of a central paradox within modernism.· The agony and the ecstasy of the eleventh-hour reprieve illustrated the central paradox of Calvinism.

► curious

· It is a curious paradox that evolution and gradual change were linked with revolution and sudden change.· It is a curious paradox, that we should half mistrust the police in this way.· It is a curious paradox that often the most spectacularly successful and numerous organisms are also those with a finite geological record.· Capitalist modes of production, he says, are marked by a curious paradox.

► great

· This, of course, was the great paradox of Thatcherism.· In that vision lies the great paradox of modern life.· In a life filled with strange inconsistencies, perhaps that's the greatest paradox of all.

VERB► explain

· Economics partly explains the paradox - capitalist boom in the west, quickening collapse in the east.· To explain this paradox, we must revisit the dawn of the modern marketing age.· Can some one explain this apparent paradox please?· To explain this seeming paradox, let me refer you to a drawing now found in many introductory psychology textbooks.

► resolve

· We can use the computer model to resolve the paradox, and learn something about real evolution in the process.· How, then, do we resolve the paradox?· How shall we resolve this paradox of the two ways of looking at life?· Yet they could not resolve the paradox that their revolutionary aims resulted in goods that only wealthy people could afford.

单词	paradox
释义	paradoxpar‧a‧dox /ˈpærədɒks $ -dɑːks/ ●○○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINparadox Origin: 1500-1600 Latin paradoxum, from Greek, from paradoxis ‘opposite to what is expected’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Isn't it a paradox that the airline with the lowest fares is the one with the most customer satisfaction? There's a paradox in the fact that although we're living longer than ever before, people are more obsessed with health issues than they ever were. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Being defined in terms of tension or paradox, ambiguity's potential diversity was restored to some sort of unitary wholeness. Fortunately, a way out of this apparent paradox exists. It is this paradox, according to Brooks, that is the main point of the poem. Solving the infective dose paradox might lead to new strategies for elimination of this preventable pneumonia. The agony and the ecstasy of the eleventh-hour reprieve illustrated the central paradox of Calvinism. The lek paradox is thus solved at a stroke. The recent attacks, in which 17 people were killed and 28 injured, are a paradox for many. To explain this seeming paradox, let me refer you to a drawing now found in many introductory psychology textbooks. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas► paradox a statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas or parts, so that it seems strange that they could both be true at the same time: · There's a paradox in the fact that although we're living longer than ever before, people are more obsessed with health issues than they ever were. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► apparent · Can some one explain this apparent paradox please?· Among the multiple causes of this apparent paradox, one is of outstanding importance.· No easy answers came and there were many apparent paradoxes.· Fortunately, a way out of this apparent paradox exists.· The explanation for this apparent paradox is provided by the distinction between the subjective and the objective role of historical figures.· Then, she told me, she remembered previous times when an apparent paradox had puzzled her.· Baldwin was crucial to this apparent paradox, both objectively and subjectively.· I start from an apparent paradox. ► central · These stories illustrate the central paradox of town-country relations.· The examples by Duchamp and Malevich provide also an indication of a central paradox within modernism.· The agony and the ecstasy of the eleventh-hour reprieve illustrated the central paradox of Calvinism. ► curious · It is a curious paradox that evolution and gradual change were linked with revolution and sudden change.· It is a curious paradox, that we should half mistrust the police in this way.· It is a curious paradox that often the most spectacularly successful and numerous organisms are also those with a finite geological record.· Capitalist modes of production, he says, are marked by a curious paradox. ► great · This, of course, was the great paradox of Thatcherism.· In that vision lies the great paradox of modern life.· In a life filled with strange inconsistencies, perhaps that's the greatest paradox of all. VERB► explain · Economics partly explains the paradox - capitalist boom in the west, quickening collapse in the east.· To explain this paradox, we must revisit the dawn of the modern marketing age.· Can some one explain this apparent paradox please?· To explain this seeming paradox, let me refer you to a drawing now found in many introductory psychology textbooks. ► resolve · We can use the computer model to resolve the paradox, and learn something about real evolution in the process.· How, then, do we resolve the paradox?· How shall we resolve this paradox of the two ways of looking at life?· Yet they could not resolve the paradox that their revolutionary aims resulted in goods that only wealthy people could afford. 1[countable] a situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities that are very different: It’s a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.2[countable] a statement that seems impossible because it contains two opposing ideas that are both true: The paradox is that fishermen would catch more fish if they fished less.3[uncountable] the use of statements that are a paradox in writing or speech—paradoxical /ˌpærəˈdɒksɪkəl◂ $ -ˈdɑːk-/ adjective
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