oxymoron的意思和读音

oxymoron

: [ˌɑksiˈmɔˌrɑn] : [ˌɒksiˈmɔːrɒn]

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oxymorons  

oxymoronn.

1.a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, for examplea deafening silence

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n.1.an expression that contains words with opposite meanings, for examplea bitter sweet experiencean experience that is both unpleasant and pleasant

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1.Over the last decade, the idea of a "Chinese slowdown" has come to seem like an oxymoron.10,“

2.The term "alternative investments" is something of an oxymoron.“

3.He said the notion that markets are capable of regulating themselves is "an oxymoron. "”(anoxymoron)。

4.This may seem like an oxymoron as the economy is declining as more humans upon the mainland go into fear and cease to travel to the islands.

5.Upon reading the above title, you may find the statement to be a bit of an oxymoron.

6.Oxymoron: A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

7.The phrase 'friendly divorce' may strike some as an oxymoron, but it is increasingly a trend and a real possibility.“

8.The term that we coined a few years ago, precision cosmology, used to be an oxymoron.

9.But critics say that "clean coal" is a pipe dream, an oxymoron in terms of the carbon emissions that count most toward climate change.,“

10.While it sounds like an oxymoron, altruistic punishment is basically how social norms get enforced.