contradictions

英 [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃənz]

美 [ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃənz]

n. (事实、看法、行动等的)不一致，矛盾，对立; 反驳; 驳斥
contradiction的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 矛盾;不一致
If you describe an aspect of a situation as acontradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
1. ...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona...
  她的私生活与公众形象之间的巨大反差
2. The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the Olympics is supposed to be...
  在我看来，这次的表现是不可宽恕的，和奥运精神完全相悖。
3. The militants see no contradiction in using violence to bring about a religious state.
  好战者觉得用暴力建立一个宗教国家这种做法并无矛盾之处。
PHRASE 自相矛盾的说法
If you say that something is acontradiction in terms, you mean that it is described as having a quality that it cannot have.
1. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.
  以营利为目的的公共服务机构——这是典型的用词上的自相矛盾（如果真有这种说法的话）。

They are unable to get to the heart of a problem and naturally cannot find a way to resolve its contradictions.
他们抓不住问题的要害，自然也就找不出解决矛盾的办法。
On the basic contradictions of socialist society and the principal contradiction in the current period.
（一）社会主义社会的基本矛盾和目前时期的主要矛盾。
The period of transition is full of contradictions and struggles.
过渡时期充满着矛盾和斗争。
The deep contradictions between the Deity and humanity have caused immutable pains in the interaction between belief and rationality.
神性与人性的深刻矛盾，在信仰与理性的互动之间造成了恒久不变的痛苦。
His remark is full of contradictions and flaws.
他的话前后矛盾，破绽百出。
But it is a relationship fraught with contradictions.
但这毕竟是一个充满矛盾的关系。
The contradictions within the ranks of the people in our country also find expression among the intellectuals.
我国人民内部的矛盾，在知识分子中间也表现出来了。
Economic development and environmental protection are a pair of contradictions.
经济发展与环境保护是一对矛盾。
How to solve the contradictions between mankind's infinite desire and limited resources?
如何解决人类的无穷大的欲望和有限的资源之间的矛盾？
Contradictions grow in breadth and in depth.
矛盾扩大和加深。