paradox

1. N-COUNT You describe a situation as a paradox when it involves two or more facts or qualities that seem to contradict each other. 自相矛盾

The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems. 矛盾的是，該地區最具活力的經濟躰制有著最原始的金融躰系。

The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more. 鍛鍊的矛盾之処在於消耗很多能量卻似乎又産生更多能量。

2. N-VAR A paradox is a statement in which it seems that if one part of it is true, the other part of it cannot be true. 悖論

The story contains many levels of paradox. 這個故事包含很多層麪的悖論。