查词 - contradict

contradict

ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt verb

1 to disagree with something, especially by saying that the opposite is true 反驳，驳斥 I,T

Deborah opened her mouth to contradict, but closed it again.

黛博拉张嘴想要反驳，但又把嘴闭上了。

Dad just can’t bear to be contradicted.

爸爸就是受不了有人反驳他。

The article flatly contradicts their claims.

这篇文章断然驳斥他们的说法。

2 if one statement, story etc contradicts another, the facts in it are different so that both statements cannot be true 〔说法、真相等〕与…抵触，与…矛盾 T

The witness statements contradict each other and the facts remain unclear.

目击者的说法互相矛盾，真相依然未明。

3

contradict yourself

to say something that is the opposite of what you said before 自相矛盾

Within five minutes he had contradicted himself twice.

五分钟内他就两次自相矛盾。