contradict
UK [ˌkɒn.trə'dɪkt] US [ˌkɑ:n-] verb intransitive or transitive
■(of people) to state the opposite of what someone else has said, or (of one fact or statement) to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong （指人）反驳，否定；（指事实或声明）（与…）相矛盾，（与…）有抵触•If you're both going to lie, at least stick to the same story and don't contradict each other!如果你们俩都要撒谎，至少也要口径一致，不要互相矛盾！ •[R] He kept contradicting him self when we were arguing - I think he was a bit confused.我们争论时他一直自相矛盾——我想他有点糊涂了。 •How dare you contradict (me)!你怎么敢顶撞我！ •Recent evidence has tended to contradict established theories on this subject.关于这一问题，最近发现的证据与即存理论有相抵触的倾向。 |