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contradictory

/kɑntrədɪktɚi/

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contradictory

1 · adjective

of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

相互矛盾的

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The two reports give contradictory accounts of the accident.

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两份报告对事故的描述相互矛盾。

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