A 'nomad settlement' is a contradiction in terms.

“游牧者的定居”是用词上的自相矛盾。

Milton is also sensitive to the fact that the very phrase "Christian epic" is in some way a contradiction in terms.

弥尔顿对有些事实也很敏感，在某种意义上，“基督教史诗”这个词语，本身就是矛盾的。

A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.

“慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法。

Ita s a contradiction in terms.

这是个自相矛盾的词。

It's a contradiction in terms.

这是个自相矛盾的词。

A generous miser 'is a contradiction in terms.

慷慨的吝啬鬼'在用词上自相矛盾。

Almost like his life, a contradiction in terms.

几乎就像他的生活，一种相矛盾的方式。

The question embodies a contradiction in terms.

体现了矛盾的问题。

Free verse is like free love; it is contradiction in terms.

自由诗好比自由恋爱，那是语词矛盾的说话。

"Young grandmother", I always thought, was the ultimate contradiction in terms.

我一直认为“年轻的祖母”是个最自相矛盾的说法了。

In other words, to speak of a society without these costs entails a contradiction in terms.

换言之，说一个社会没有这些费用是矛盾的说法。

For all these reasons, a definitive biography of Franklin is a contradiction in terms.

出于所有这些原因，一本确定性的富兰克林的传记本身就是一种自相矛盾的说法。

Fat that keeps you lean sounds like a contradiction in terms, but that's what brown fat does.

脂肪可以让你瘦身——听起来象是个矛盾说法，但这就是棕色脂肪所起的作用。

The idea of a loyal opposition still sounds in many parts of the world like a contradiction in terms.

在世界的很多地方，忠实反对派的主意在谈判中犹如一个矛盾。

An industrialized society without an efficient transportation system seems a contradiction in terms.

工业化社会没有一个高效的交通运输系统似乎是一种矛盾的说法。

Ultimately he hopes to show that "science humor" is not a contradiction in terms or a dangerous juxtaposition.

他的终极愿望是让人了解，科学幽默并非矛盾的用词，两者并列也没有危险。

Oxymoron as a contradiction in terms didn't show up until 1902 when someone who worked hard at being lazy was said to be a living oxymoron.

矛盾修饰法作为措辞上的一种矛盾，直至1902年才出现，当时，努力学着变懒的人据说是活生生的矛盾修饰法的例子。

Serious creativity will seem a contradiction in terms for many people. Everyone knows that creativity has to be fun, lively, and crazy - so how can we have serious creativity?

严肃的创造力在提法上让很多人觉得是个矛盾，因为人们都认为创造力与娱乐、生动以及疯狂有关的。那么，我们怎样才能获得严肃的创造力呢？

To speak of an educated young person or of a wise young person, rich in the understanding of basic ideas and issues, is as much a contradiction in terms as to speak of a round square.

谈论一个受过教育的年轻人和一个聪明的年轻人哪个更善于理解基本概念和基本问题，这是本身就是自相矛盾的，驴唇不对马嘴。

Also known as the Diamond-Water paradox, the paradox of value is the contradiction that while water is more useful, in terms of survival, than diamonds, diamonds get a higher market price.

又称钻石与水悖论。价值悖论的矛盾在于：从生存的角度来说水比钻石更为有用，然而钻石的市场价值却要比水高。

This paper expounds the basic theory and the major methods in evaluating the value of water resources in terms of the supply-demand contradiction of water resources for agriculture.

从农用水资源的供求矛盾出发，阐述了水资源价值评价的基础理论和主要方法；

The result shows that Russia's housing security system has positive effect in terms of alleviating the contradiction between the housing market and population.

本文认为，俄罗斯住房保障制度对缓解俄罗斯住房矛盾、人口矛盾具有积极成效。