oxymoron

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

过去10年里，“中国放缓”这个概念似乎已变成一个矛盾措辞。

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

“另类投资”这个词是个矛盾混合体。

He said the notion that markets are capable of regulating themselves is "an oxymoron. "

他认为所谓市场能自动调节的概念是一种“自相矛盾的想法”（anoxymoron）。

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.

这看似一个矛盾，因为经济正由于美国大陆上有更多人们变得害怕而不再来夏威夷群岛旅行而正在萎缩。

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

从上面的题目看，你会觉得这样的陈述是矛盾的。

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

矛盾修饰法，一种把互相矛盾或不调和的词合在一起的修辞手法，如震耳欲聋的沉默和悲伤的乐观。

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

“友好离婚”这个词可能让人觉得矛盾，但它越来越成为一种大趋势和现实的可能性。

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

我们几年前创造了“精密宇宙学”这个词，以前它就是一个矛盾。

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

然而批评者说，“清洁煤”只是一种幻想，由于二氧化碳的排放是引起气候变化的关键，因此“清洁煤”是一个自相矛盾的概念。

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

这个术语听起来有点自相矛盾，但正因为有利他惩罚，社会规范才得以巩固。

Smells, whether pleasant or rotten, go far to define this city, where fresh air often seems like an oxymoron.

各种气味弥漫于整座纽约城，或清香宜人，或腐臭难闻，而新鲜的空气则似乎成了稀罕之物。

It may sound like an oxymoron: "A phone booth for the mobile world. "

这听起来好像有点矛盾：“适合移动世界的电话亭。”

Similarly, it is not an oxymoron to be a mainstream Muslim who believes in an Absolute.

同样，信仰绝对之神与身为主流穆斯林并不矛盾。

Instead, the software is used as a simulation tool to route historical data, to create optimized fixed routes (sounds like an oxymoron).

反而，软件被使用作为模仿工具寻址历史数据，创造优化固定的路线（声音象逆喻）。

Even the concept of a beautiful Asian man became an oxymoron.

即便是亚洲美男子这一概念也成为一种矛盾的修饰方式。

The idea of an Aston Martin 'luxury commuter car' sounds like a double oxymoron. But it's not a joke.

阿斯顿•马丁“豪华通勤车”这个说法听上去真是滑稽得可笑，但它绝非玩笑。

It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles' heel.

听起来有点矛盾，但钱有它自己的阿基里斯定律。

It sounds like an oxymoron, since Ambien is in the family of sedatives.

这听起来像是一种矛盾的说法，因为安必恩是一种镇静剂。

Mr Vayner's assertion that impossible is nothing, though an oxymoron, is a belief shared by many companies.

韦纳尔主张的“万事皆有可能”尽管是一种悖论，却是许多企业共同信仰的东西。

Most likely, it's damaged for good as a potential currency with any real value, if that statement isn't an oxymoron on its face.

最可能，这将可能使潜在的优秀货币遭到摧残，如果这个申明不像它表面上的那样矛盾。