contradict
动词 v.
英 /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt/
美 /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈdɪkt/|/ˌkɔn.tɹəˈdɪkt/|/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
— His testimony contradicts hers.
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To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
— Everything he says contradicts me.
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To be contrary to (something).
— Now no truth can contradict any truth; desirous therefore they were to be taught, how bothe might stand together, that which they knew could not be false, because Christ spake it; and this which to them did seeme true, onely because the Scribes had said it.
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To say things that conflict with each other.
— The prime minister contradicted herself during her speech.
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To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).
— […] when was the hour I ever contradicted your desire, Or made it not mine too?
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To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).
— Beseemes it thee to contradict thy king? […] I will haue Gaueston, and you shall know, What danger tis to stand against your king.
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To speak against; to forbid.
— […] magic hath been publicly professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally contradicted, though practised by some still […].
词汇关系
词源
Derived from Latin contrādictus (“contradicted”), the past participle of contrādīcō (“speak against”) (originally two words).
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