oxymoron

• n. （修詞中的）矛盾修飾法

來自希臘語oxymoron,敏銳的傻瓜，來自oxys,銳利的，敏銳的，moron,傻瓜。後語言學家借用該詞來表達矛盾修辭法。

oxymoron (n.)

1650s, from Greek oxymoron, noun use of neuter of oxymoros (adj.) "pointedly foolish," from oxys "sharp" (see acrid) + moros "stupid" (see moron). Rhetorical figure by which contradictory terms are conjoined so as to give point to the statement or expression; the word itself is an illustration of the thing. Now often used loosely to mean "contradiction in terms." Related: Oxymoronic.

1. This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.

這使得很多美國人斷定商業道德是個自相矛盾的說法。

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2. Or with Bush filling the slot, is that an oxymoron?

或者,當布什竄升首位的時候, 大家隻不過希望這是一種“矛盾修辭法”?

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3. It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles'heel.

聽起來有點矛盾,但錢有它自己的阿基裏斯定律.

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4. They thought such a book an oxymoron.

出版商認為,這樣的書包含著自我矛盾.

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5. Manyconnoisseurs in other Chinese cities would say great Shanghai cooking is an oxymoron.

中國其他城市的很多美食鑒賞家會說,上海菜是一個矛盾統一體.

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