oxymoron

noun

1. 矛盾修辞法
   a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, for example a deafening silence

1. N-COUNT 矛盾修辞法；逆喻
   If you describe a phrase as an oxymoron, you mean that what it refers to combines two opposite qualities or ideas and therefore seems impossible.
   1. This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.
      这使得很多美国人断定商业道德是个自相矛盾的说法。

1. This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.
   这使得很多美国人断定商业道德是个自相矛盾的说法。
2. At first it might sound like an oxymoron, but there can be real benefits to taking an event sourcing-influenced approach to database design for cloud-based applications.
   虽然起初听起来像是有点矛盾，但是采用影响事件来源的方法来设计适用于基于云的应用程序的数据库，可能带来一些真正的好处。
3. The wisdom of crowds isn't an oxymoron.
   群众的智慧是无穷尽的。
4. For some developers, given this conceptual framework, the idea of testing first is an oxymoron.
   对于某些开发人员来说，对于这种概念框架，测试优先是一种矛盾的说法。
5. A Beautiful Constraint may sound like an oxymoron, but therein lies its challenge and effectiveness.
   美丽的限制听起来有点像双关语，但实际上它就隐含了挑战与效果。
6. That's why successful perfectionist is an oxymoron.
   这就是为什么成功的完美主义者是一个矛盾体。
7. In the old days, it was just a doll, but in the future it could be something robotic that walks and thinks intelligent Barbie it sounds like an oxymoron, he says with a smile.
   过去，这仅仅是个娃娃，但是将来可能会是能走能思考的机器人了。智能芭比&虽然这听起来有些矛盾，他微笑着说。
8. He also explained that the idea of a beautifying beer is an oxymoron, because alcohol is actually bad for the skin – it results in inflammation, puffiness, and irritation.
   同时，他还解释道，能美容的啤酒是一个自相矛盾的点子，因为酒精对肌肤非常的不好&会让皮肤发炎、浮肿和过敏。
9. Is Nazi poetry an oxymoron?
   纳粹诗歌是一种矛盾修辞吗？
10. Fifth, the doctrine of expansionary fiscal contraction is an oxymoron in the current context.
    第五，扩张性财政紧缩理论在当前环境下可谓自相矛盾。
11. The traditional Christian view implies however that a "literal interpretation of the bible" is an oxymoron.
    然而，传统基督教的观点是暗示了“圣经的字面解释”是一种矛盾修饰法。
12. I realise that "exciting Canadian story" is for many people a good definition of an oxymoron.
    我意识到，对许多人来说，“动人的加拿大故事”是矛盾修辞的最佳定义。
13. Here's the latest fashion oxymoron: the casual dress shirt.
    这里是最新的时尚修辞：休闲的礼服衬衫。
14. While it sounds like an oxymoron, altruistic punishment is basically how social norms get enforced.
    这个术语听起来有点自相矛盾，但正因为有利他惩罚，社会规范才得以巩固。
15. Unlike the West, where the very concept of strategy has become an oxymoron, China has embraced a transitional framework aimed at resolving its sustainability constraints.
    与西方已经形成的一种自相矛盾的战略观念不同，中国通过一种过渡框架体系的安排来解决它所要面对的可持续发展约束的问题。
16. At first it sounds like an oxymoron but when you critically examine any professional in a high stress situation you can see that it is a trait that is found in each of these people who are successful at their particular task.
    最初它听起来好像没什么相干，而当你严格地检查任何一个很大压力环境下工作的人员时，你能发现每个成功完成任务的人都有一个特点。
17. The first stage of CBD is the era of monolithic components, a seeming oxymoron that describes the adolescent state of components today.
    CBD的第一阶段是单片式组件的时代，是今天组件青春期表面矛盾的描述。
18. In addition, in English and a pair of confusing the rhetoric ( oxymoron and thoughts), they give people the feeling, is contradictory, but often can have surprising rhetoric result.
    此外，英语中还有一对容易混淆的修辞手法（矛盾修饰法与隽语），它们给人的感觉，就是自相矛盾，但往往会起到出人意外的修辞效果。
19. In spite of promises from governors about "shovel ready" projects, this term is almost an oxymoron. There were few such projects.
    虽然州长们承诺，不少项目已“万事俱备，只欠资金”（这种说法简直是自相矛盾），但实际上这类项目少之又少。
20. Virgin birth? An entire religion built on an oxymoron.
    处女生子？彻头彻尾的宗教谎言。
21. If you had to think of an automotive oxymoron," sexy minivan "would come to mind.
    如果让你想出一个有关汽车的前后矛盾的修辞，你的脑海中可能会出现“性感的微面”。
22. The term false hope is an oxymoron, and the person feeding you this crud is a moron.
    不切实际的希望这个词是个矛盾体，告诉你这个概念的人是白痴。
23. Since luck consists of that which is beyond our control, he says, making your own luck is an oxymoron.
    他说：因为运气包含一些我们所无法控制的因素，因此创造运气就是一种矛盾的说法。
24. Is happy birthday an oxymoron?
    生日与快乐难道不是一对矛盾吗？
25. Since when do you know what oxymoron means?
    你什么时候也明白“矛盾修饰”了？
26. The term "alternative investments" is something of an oxymoron.
    另类投资这个词是个矛盾混合体。
27. This paper aims to explore the pragmatic effects of those defamiliarization techniques from the aspects of the length of movie titles, oxymoron and code-mixing respec.
    文章从片名长度、矛盾修辞、语码混用三个角度分析了电影片名中陌生化手法的运用及其语用效果。
28. This article is to analyze its formation, pragmatic function and translation.
    文章从oxymoron在语言实践中的运用分析它的构成、语用功能、辞格兼用以及汉译方法。

noun

1. conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')