be self-contradictory

基本解釋

A statement that reveals a kind of truth, although it seems at first to be self-contradictory and untrue.
一種在字面上看起來自相矛盾，卻體現(xiàn)著一定的真理的說法。
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Its characteristic of pre-logic makes some of Zhuang Zi's images be self-contradictory, which leads to the textual obscure style.
神話思維不回避矛盾的原邏輯特點(diǎn)使《莊子》意象具有多面性，體現(xiàn)在文本上則是模糊混沌特征；
Interestingly, Lv might be self-contradictory while painting works like these: on one hand, all inputs come directly from reality. On the other hand, the reality as depicted tends to be self-defying.
呂山川創(chuàng)作這樣的畫或許基于一種自我矛盾的現(xiàn)象：一方面所有的“輸入”都來自現(xiàn)實(shí)，另一方面，這些“現(xiàn)實(shí)”卻有著自我取消的傾向。

Was the story hard to follow? Was it self-contradictory, and in what ways? Anything? Just don't even be polite, just throw it right out there. Yes?
有沒有什么地方不連貫？或者自相矛盾？,有何矛盾？有嗎？說出來，現(xiàn)在，在這里，好嗎？
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But if a democratic general turns out to be as self-contradictory as most Pakistanis think (and they should know), America would prefer to keep the general.
ECONOMIST: Pakistan
If those ideas are sometimes self-contradictory, so be it.
ECONOMIST: Imagining the soul
If there's a root cause for this at times self-contradictory and insincere approach, it might be the company's CEO and president, Robert A. Klayman.
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