1. 矛盾;不一致 If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
e.g. ...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona... 她的私生活與公眾形象之間的巨大反差 e.g. The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the Olympics is supposed to be... 在我看來(lái)，這次的表現是不可寬恕的，和奧運精神完全相悖。
2. 自相矛盾的說(shuō)法 If you say that something is a contradiction in terms, you mean that it is described as having a quality that it cannot have.
e.g. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one. 以營(yíng)利為目的的公共服務(wù)機構——這是典型的用詞上的自相矛盾（如果真有這種說(shuō)法的話(huà)）。
contradiction英英釋義
noun
1. the speech act of contradicting someone
e.g. he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction
2. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
e.g. the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction
Synonym: contradiction in terms
3. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas