oxymorons的中文翻譯是什麼意思

oxymorons

/ɔksiˈmɔ:rɔnz/

n. 矛盾形容法,逆喻( oxymoron的名詞複數 )

oxymorons柯林斯釋義

N-COUNT矛盾修辭法;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.

    這使得很多美國人斷定商業道德是個自相矛盾的說法。