托福词汇：contradict

contradict [,kɔntrə'dikt] US UK

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vt. 同…矛盾,同…抵触

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verb

【释义】

[I,T] to disagree with something, especially by saying that the opposite is true

反驳，驳斥:

【例句】

Deborah opened her mouth to contradict, but closed it again.

黛博拉张嘴想要反驳，但又把嘴闭上了。

【例句】

Dad just can't bear to be contradicted.

爸爸就是受不了有人反驳他。

【例句】

The article flatly contradicts their claims.

这篇文章断然驳斥他们的说法。

【释义】

[T] if one statement, story etc contradicts another, the facts in it are different so that both statements cannot be true

〔说法、真相等〕与…抵触，与…矛盾:

【例句】

The witness statements contradict each other and the facts remain unclear.

目击者的说法互相矛盾，真相依然未明。

【释义】

contradict yourself, to say something that is the opposite of what you said before

自相矛盾:

【例句】

Within five minutes he had contradicted himself twice.

五分钟内他就两次自相矛盾。