1. | 反驳;驳斥;批驳to say that sth that sb else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true |
All evening her husband contradicted everything she said. 整个晚上她说什么丈夫都反驳。 | |
You've just contradicted yourself(= said the opposite of what you said before) . 你恰好与你刚才说的自相矛盾。 | |
‘No, it's not,’ she contradicted (him). “不,不是的。”她反驳(他)说。 |
2. | ~ sth.~ each other 相抵触;相矛盾;相反to be so different from each other that one of them must be wrong |
The two stories contradict each other. 这两种说法相互抵触。 |