oxymoron
发音
英 [ˌɒksɪˈmɔ:rɒn]
美 [ˌɑksɪˈmɔrɑn]
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- n.
- 矛盾形容法，逆喻
单词词源
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。
双语例句
- 1. They thought such a book was an oxymoron .
- 出版商认为，这样的书包含着自我矛盾。
- 2. Before that oxymoron was a technical term describing a rhetorical device .
- 在此之前，oxymoron是一个技术术语，用来描述一种夸张的装置。
- 3. Fifth , the doctrine of expansionary fiscal contraction is an oxymoron in the current context .
- 第五，扩张性财政紧缩理论在当前环境下可谓自相矛盾。
- 4. They learn the words parable , oxymoron and hyperbole .
- 他们学习词语比喻、夸张修辞和。
- 5. Oxymoron as a contradiction in terms didn 't show up until 1902 when someone who worked hard at being lazy was said to be a living oxymoron .
- 矛盾修饰法作为措辞上的一种矛盾，直至1902年才出现，当时，努力学着变懒的人据说是活生生的矛盾修饰法的例子。