be self-contradictory

常见例句

A statement that reveals a kind of truth, although it seems at first to be self-contradictory and untrue.
一种在字面上看起来自相矛盾，却体现着一定的真理的说法。
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Its characteristic of pre-logic makes some of Zhuang Zi's images be self-contradictory, which leads to the textual obscure style.
神话思维不回避矛盾的原逻辑特点使《庄子》意象具有多面性，体现在文本上则是模糊混沌特征；
Interestingly, Lv might be self-contradictory while painting works like these: on one hand, all inputs come directly from reality. On the other hand, the reality as depicted tends to be self-defying.
吕山川创作这样的画或许基于一种自我矛盾的现象：一方面所有的“输入”都来自现实，另一方面，这些“现实”却有着自我取消的倾向。

Was the story hard to follow? Was it self-contradictory, and in what ways? Anything? Just don't even be polite, just throw it right out there. Yes?
有没有什么地方不连贯？或者自相矛盾？,有何矛盾？有吗？说出来，现在，在这里，好吗？
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But if a democratic general turns out to be as self-contradictory as most Pakistanis think (and they should know), America would prefer to keep the general.
ECONOMIST: Pakistan
If those ideas are sometimes self-contradictory, so be it.
ECONOMIST: Imagining the soul
If there's a root cause for this at times self-contradictory and insincere approach, it might be the company's CEO and president, Robert A. Klayman.
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