Oxymoron as a contradiction in terms didn't show up until 1902 when someone who worked hard at being lazy was said to be a living oxymoron.

矛盾修饰法作为措辞上的一种矛盾，直至1902年才出现，当时，努力学着变懒的人据说是活生生的矛盾修饰法的例子。

Ultimately he hopes to show that "science humor" is not a contradiction in terms or a dangerous juxtaposition.

他的终极愿望是让人了解，科学幽默并非矛盾的用词，两者并列也没有危险。

Serious Creativity will seem a contradiction in terms for many people. Everyone knows that creativity has to be fun, lively, and crazy - so how can we have serious creativity?

严肃的创造力在提法上让很多人觉得是个矛盾，因为人们都认为创造力与娱乐、生动以及疯狂有关的。那么，我们怎样才能获得严肃的创造力呢？

"Young grandmother", I always thought, was the ultimate contradiction in terms.

我一直认为“年轻的祖母”是个最自相矛盾的说法了。

He also dismissed Climate Justice Action's description of their tactics as "a contradiction in terms".

此外，他把气候正义行动采用策略的描述看作是”逻辑关系上的自相矛盾”。

It sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it's not.

从字面上看这好像是矛盾的，实际并非如此。

The very idea of a cautious revolutionary would seem, on the face of it, a contradiction in terms.

从表面来看，“一位谨慎的革命者”这一概念绝对是自相矛盾的。

You can't call a hedgehog cuddly– that's a contradiction in terms!

你不能说刺猬逗人喜爱——那个说法，词语自相矛盾。

A contradiction in terms, The New River is the oldest river in the western hemisphere.

恰恰和它的名字相反，新河实际上是西半球最古老的河流之一。

Its style affirms that virtue without joy is a contradiction in terms.

该队的风格肯定了光球技高超但没有踢球的欢乐是自相矛盾的。

A sinking dollar means a poorer nation and a superpower with a sinking currency is a contradiction in terms.

美元疲软意味着国家的衰落,而美国本身又是个超级大国,两者未免自相矛盾

It’s a contradiction in terms.

这是个自相矛盾的词。

For all these reasons, a definitive biography of Franklin is a contradiction in terms.

出于所有这些原因，一本确定性的富兰克林的传记本身就是一种自相矛盾的说法。

A complaining Christian is a contradiction in terms.

是自相矛盾的词组。

Almost like his life, a contradiction in terms.

几乎就像他的生活，一种相矛盾的方式。

It seems like a contradiction in terms, but it is a blessed truth.

似乎是矛盾，其实是真理。

An oxymoron is a contradiction in terms, like “industrial park” or “holy war” or “jumbo shrimp.”

矛盾修饰法是指措辞上的矛盾，比如“工业园”或“圣战”或“特大小虾”。

The question embodies a contradiction in terms.

体现了矛盾的问题。

Thirty years ago we would have said that Leninist capitalism was a contradiction in terms, like fried snowballs.

30年前，我们会说，列宁资本主义是一个自相矛盾的概念，就像如油炸冰淇淋。

Free verse is like free love; it is contradiction in terms.

自由诗好比自由恋爱，那是语词矛盾的说话。

To speak of an educated young person or of a wise young person, rich in the understanding of basic ideas and issues, is as much a contradiction in terms as to speak of a round square.

谈论一个受过教育的年轻人和一个聪明的年轻人哪个更善于理解基本概念和基本问题，这是本身就是自相矛盾的，驴唇不对马嘴。

But Milton's also sensitive to the fact that the very phrase "Christian epic" is in some way a contradiction in terms.

但弥尔顿对有些事实也很敏锐，某种意义上“基督教史诗“这个词语，本身就是矛盾的。