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oxymoron

英 [,ɒksɪ'mɔːrɒn] 美 [,ɑksɪ'mɔrɑn]

解释

n. （修词中的）矛盾修饰法

※ 提供单词"oxymoron"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

oxymoron 矛盾修辞法

来自希腊语oxymoron,敏锐的傻瓜，来自oxys,锐利的，敏锐的，moron,傻瓜。后语言学家借用该词来表达矛盾修辞法。

英文词源

oxymoron (n.): 1650s, from Greek oxymoron, noun use of neuter of oxymoros (adj.) "pointedly foolish," from oxys "sharp" (see acrid) + moros "stupid" (see moron). Rhetorical figure by which contradictory terms are conjoined so as to give point to the statement or expression; the word itself is an illustration of the thing. Now often used loosely to mean "contradiction in terms." Related: Oxymoronic.

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例句和用法

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. Or with Bush filling the slot, is that an oxymoron?: 或者,当布什窜升首位的时候, 大家只不过希望这是一种“矛盾修辞法”?

3. 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.

4. They thought such a book an oxymoron.: 出版商认为,这样的书包含着自我矛盾.

5. Manyconnoisseurs in other Chinese cities would say great Shanghai cooking is an oxymoron.: 中国其他城市的很多美食鉴赏家会说,上海菜是一个矛盾统一体.