oxymoron的中文翻译是什么意思
oxymoron
US/ˌɑksɪˈmɔrɑn/
UK/ˌɒksɪˈmɔ:rɒn/
n. 矛盾形容法，逆喻
oxymoron的柯林斯释义
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.
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。
oxymoron的英文释义
Noun
1. conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
oxymoron的场景例句
It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles'heel.
听起来有点矛盾,但钱有它自己的阿基里斯定律.
They thought such a book an oxymoron.
出版商认为,这样的书包含着自我矛盾.
It may sound like an oxymoron: " A phone booth for the mobile world. "
这听起来好像有点矛盾: “ 适合移动世界的电话亭. ”